Monthly Archives: December 2012

CARERS were unable to attend an event aimed at them for Carers Rights Day

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Kirklees Council departments told to talk to each other as carers miss out on Carers Day event due to closure of day care centre

CARERS were unable to attend an event aimed at them – because a council day care centre closed for training on the same day.

And it’s prompted one Huddersfield carer to question whether council departments speak to each other.

The woman, who asked not to be named, said she and many other carers were missing out on getting vital information because there was nowhere to take the people they cared for.

Adult social care suffering under cuts, survey suggests

2 December 2012 Last updated at 06:10

Adult social care suffering under cuts, survey suggests

 Less time with clients and heavier workloads were reported by many social workers in the survey

Care for vulnerable older people has been suffering – both in quality and quantity – because of funding cuts, a survey of 200 social workers suggests.

In the survey by Age UK and the College of Social Work, more than 85% of respondents said they had seen the impact of cuts in the past year.

Of those, 95% said the cuts in England presented “a risk to the dignity of their older clients”.

The Department for Health says the care of older people is a priority.

Councils across the country have been facing a funding squeeze under the coalition’s spending cuts.

Funeral poverty campaigners urge ministers to boost cash help

Campaigners want a revamp of what they say is an outdated system set up to help poorer families meet cost of unexpected funerals

The cost of a funeral can spiral out of control for many people.

A rise in the number of people facing funeral poverty, alongside an increase in the number of paupers’ funerals, where the local authority has to foot the bill, have led to calls for the government to “face up to death”.

Campaigners want a revamp of what they claim is an outdated and confusing system set up to help poorer families who find themselves meeting the unexpected cost of a funeral.