“Caring for someone you love is a real privilege fraught with sorrow,” said one contributor to our Guardian Witness project about unpaid caring. “And some self-pity, which is fought off relentlessly. For my wife and I as parents, it is a life sentence. We will be doing this until the day we die.”
Tag Archives: social care
How can social workers support unpaid carers?
July 9, 2014
Carers, Depression, disability, Featured Article, Social care
Social care professionals can help identify carers and link them up to support servicesSha
Timm Ranson with his son, Danny. ‘I always dread this job. I try and leave it as long as possible.’ Photograph: Timm Ranson/Guardian Witness
NHS chief announces plan to give patients cash to fund their own care
July 8, 2014
Carers, Featured Article, Social care
Simon Stevens says giving patients financial control will force health and social care systems to provide better services
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Denis Campbell, health correspondent
The scheme will give vulnerable patients individual pots of money to spend as they see fit on services such as carers or physiotherapy – GP and hospital care would still be free. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA
Billions of pounds of health service and town hall budgets are to be handed over to the most vulnerable patients to purchase health and social care services in the community, in a dramatic change of policy being unveiled by the NHS‘s new boss.
Care Act 2014: the public needs to get involved in the consultation
July 8, 2014
Carers, Featured Article, Social care
People with care needs should dictate how generous the social care system is and who it supports
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Andy Kaye Guardian Professional,
- The Department of Health consultation is nearly 1000 pages long – but is still vitally important.
- Unless a high-speed railway is about to be directed through your garden, why would a member of the public take the time to respond to a government consultation? Take the consultation from the Department of Health on the rules affecting who qualifies for care and support, which was published in June. All a bit boring, isn’t it? It’s hundreds of pages long and full of legalese.
