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Mum wins fight with Bournemouth Council over care for disabled son
Mum wins fight with Bournemouth Council over care for disabled son – and calls for resignations
11:00am Friday 25th May 2012 in News By Melanie Vass
A MUM who has spent 18 months fighting to retain her severely disabled son’s care package has forced Bournemouth council to back down.
Lorraine Zavadil, 53, took on the council after it originally tried to cut the budget for her son Tarik’s care package by almost 70 per cent.
This would have meant that 28-year-old Tarik, who has congenital cerebral palsy, epilepsy and profound learning disabilities, is registered blind and is unable to speak, would have been unable to keep his current carers, some of whom have worked with him for over 10 years.
A Woman Who Really Cares
Wendy Maxwell: A Woman Who Really Cares
Published on May 24, 2012 by Liz Wilson
We don’t necessarily think about caring full-time for someone we love who is sick or disabled — until it happens to us.
But as Wendy Maxwell, the award-winning founder of Chill4usCarers and Computers4Carers points out, any one of us can suddenly find ourselves doing this challenging task with the everyday struggles it brings.
Outrage as pensioner sees care home fees doubling to £125,000 a year
Sandford Station retirement village is charging a 76-year-old resident £125,000 a YEAR in fees
PUBLISHED: 11:48, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 11:59, 23 May 2012
Rocketing costs: Jacquie Heal, 44, from Bristol with the paperwork from the care home Sherwood Lodge where her mother is a resident
The family of a pensioner are furious after her care home fees were more than doubled to a staggering £125,000 a year.
Pamela Watts, 76, is currently paying £3,543 a month out of her savings to live at a care home in Sandford Station Retirement Village in Somerset.
But her fees are now being increased to £10,355 per month, of which the Government contributes just £432.
The home, run by the St Monica Trust, says Mrs Watts’ fees have increased because of her complex and challenging needs.
She has been given until July to decide whether to pay the increased fees – or move out.
