Monthly Archives: June 2013

Please remember carers now carersweek is over!

June 19, 2013   Carers, carersweek

If you’re a carer, take care of yourself too

Published on 19/06/2013 06:50

Last week was Carers Week, and Members of Parliament and people around the country paid attention to the work done by carers who undertake the enormous task of looking after their loved ones every day.

It is now 51 weeks until the next Carers Week, but that does not mean we can forget about them.
The work of a carer is arduous and unrelenting. I recall my grandad steadfastly dedicating years to caring for my nan, and now my father-in-law is in need of complete round-the-clock care.
Many of us will find ourselves in the role of carer at some point and the impact it will have on our lives can be enormous.
For many it can affect their career prospects or result in a reduced income – perhaps because they have to work fewer hours.
For others, it will reduce the amount of free time they have – perhaps having to give up sporting or other activities.
For some it can cause a breakdown in relationships.
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People with learning difficulties and their carers face disruption!

June 19, 2013   Carers, learning difficulties, ukcuts

Day centres face axe in bid to save £250k

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

By dave knapper

DATED day centres used by vulnerable adults face being axed and other care services outsourced as part of a major council review.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council hopes to save £250,000 by closing the two centres for adults with learning difficulties and transferring the users elsewhere.

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    Portland House.

The authority is also planning to outsource its remaining facilities and some of the 150 staff to voluntary or not-for-profit organisations in a bid to cut costs.

Now 750 people using the council’s learning disability service are set to be asked for their views in a three-month public consultation starting on July 8.

Members of the council’s cabinet are expected to approve the consultation process at a meeting next week.

The proposals include:

Discontinuing services at Duke Street, in Fenton, and Portland House, Middleport;

Investing £2.8 million in refurbishing The Meadows, below, in Bucknall;

Re-designing Meakin House, in Shelton, St John’s Centre, in Abbey Hulton, Waterside, in Blurton, Riverside, in Stoke and the Able Project, in Fenton;

Considering retaining or transferring some of the 150 staff employed across the centres to outside organisations.

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Caring for someone is life changing

June 17, 2013   Carers

Plymouth carer: “It’s life changing and it can be a cruel blow”

  1. Jason and Christine Moore together at their home

    Jason and Christine Moore together at their home

Monday, June 17, 2013

Plymouth Herald

JASON Moore, aged 45, found himself in the position of a carer six years ago when his wife Christine had a stroke at the age of 44.

Jason said: “You don’t know what life’s going to deal you. It obviously affected both of us. I had a breakdown at work, I had no one to talk to.

​Jason and Christine Moore together at their home

“I didn’t know there was any help. I went to my doctor’s surgery and they put me in touch with the carers’ service. I got support and help with finances as I’d had to give up work to care for my wife, and I also had my own health problems with depression.

“We spend 24/7 together and it can be difficult, but there have been positives too, which are hard to find at times.

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