Carers in north east Somerset will be able to take more breaks from their caring responsibilities thanks to lottery funding.
The Carers’ Centre charity
has won £298,471 from the Big Lottery Fund’s Reaching Communities programme.
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Making a difference for family carers
Guest Blog –Carol Munt
Travelled to Oxford today for the Thames Valley Mental Health, Dementia and Neurological Conditions Network Development Day.
There were some very good speakers from the voluntary sector in addition to those from the Health sector including Professor Alistair Burns, National Clinical Director.
I’m not sure how I feel about the objectives, I have an uncanny feeling that we’ve heard it all before under another guise.
Lottery cash to support area’s carers
Funding will make the whole community more aware of unpaid carers
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Elderly care cap in England to benefit ‘one in eight’
18 July 2013 Last updated at 01:28
The cap on care costs in England is due to be introduced in 2016
Elderly care cap in England to benefit ‘one in eight’
The cap on care costs in England is due to be introduced in 2016The £72,000 cap on elderly care costs in England, due to be introduced in 2016, will benefit one in eight people, the government has said.
The revelation came as the government set out details about how it will work.
It confirmed there would be a deferred payment scheme under which the local council would pay care fees and claim them back from the estate after death.
Labour said the details would not help elderly and disabled people struggling to get the support they needed now.
Ministers say the cap on costs is a solution to the elderly care crisis, but the level at which the cap is being set is twice what was recommended, meaning the numbers benefiting will be restricted.
