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The importance of social care to elderly people in Wales
Bill has the potential to ward off problems in the provision of social care
- by Julia McWatt, Western Mail
- Sep 10 2012
Amy Clifton outlines the importance of social care to elderly people in Wales
IT IS widely acknowledged that the existing arrangements for providing care in Wales are struggling under increasing pressure and a lack of resources.
Quality of services, eligibility criteria for care services and the amount that people pay for those services vary significantly across Wales.
In most local authorities today, people with low, moderate, and often substantial care needs do not receive any support from care authorities.
Unpaid carers – the majority of whom are aged over 50, currently provide 96% of care in communities across Wales.
Countywide carers support service to be set up in West Sussex
Countywide carers support service to be set up in West SussexWEST Sussex County Council is preparing to enhance its support services for people who provide care and support for an adult in their family.
It is advertising a three-year £1.4million contract for its direct access countywide service, available to all carers of adults, from April 1, 2013.
This will replace the current Carers Support Services Partnership, run by three local charities.
The service has helped carers to maintain their own health and wellbeing, in delivering short breaks for carers and in providing training and specialist advice to help carers develop their expertise in providing care to a loved one.
Woman with early-onset dementia writes diary detailing care wishes
A husband who “lost” his wife to early-onset dementia can now care for her the way she always wanted after discovering her secret diaries written before she fell ill.
By Andrew Hough
3:30PM BST 03 Sep 2012
When Steve Boryszczuk made the difficult decision to place his wife of almost three decades in a home to help care for her early-onset dementia, he was heartbroken.
Mr Boryszczuk, 47, had cared for Michelle for four years at their home in Wickenby, Lincs, after she was diagnosed aged just 39 with the disease.
But last year the mother-of-two’s condition became too difficult to manage, forcing her devoted husband to make the devastating decision to put her in a care home.
