Monthly Archives: April 2012
Carers do it for love not money
Most genuine carers would gladly give up the pittance paid to them in benefits to have a more normal and stress free life.
I THINK it is wise to have some experience of a subject before voicing opinions.
D Hewitt, of Newcastle, (Sentinel, April 7) obviously has none otherwise he or she would not have come out with such a narrow view on carers.
I however, do speak from experience. I have raised a child with Prader-Willi syndrome which is a very difficult and stressful condition to cope with.
I have a husband who has manic depressive illness and I have recently helped my aged mother nurse my lovely father, who was suffering with dementia, until his death.
Anger at increase in costs for adult care
Pensioners are set to be hit in the pocket as the cost of day care rises by up to 1,200 per cent as Peterborough City Council puts up its charges.
By BEN TRUSLOVE
Published on Thursday 12 April 2012 09:24
Ivy Carafa (93) goes to Greenwood House care home from Monday to Friday but may have to reconsider with the increase in charges.
Before January she paid £2 a day, when the charge increased to £13 a day, and it is now due to rise to £24 a day from April 23. The latest rise will mean she is spending more on care than she receives in her monthly pension and it may force her son Richard to stop work to care for her.
Cameron ‘will listen’ to charity concerns over tax relief
Cameron ‘will listen’ to charity concerns over tax relief
David Cameron has said he will listen “very sympathetically” to concerns from charities about the impact of a planned cap on tax relief on donations.
Philanthropists have criticised plans to put an annual limit on tax reliefs, including for charitable donations, saying it will deter giving.
The PM said use of donations to cut tax bills must be curbed but the “right balance” could be struck.
Labour said the plan is “another nail in the coffin” of the Big Society.
