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Ministers to pledge free holiday to family carers as part of new plans to reform care system
White paper detailing changes to care system to be published later this month
- Care services minister says current arrangements aren’t working
- An estimated 1.25million people spend more than 50 hours a week caring for family member
PUBLISHED: 01:51, 9 June 2012 | UPDATED: 01:53, 9 June 2012
Carers looking after vulnerable relatives will be entitled to respite holidays paid for by the Government.
The ‘sandwich generation’, which juggles looking after elderly parents with supporting children, will be given greater help under the plans.
Ministers will require councils to arrange support for carers including short holidays away from the person they care for, assistance with transport and training in care techniques.
A White Paper detailing the reforms to the care system will be published later this month.
Sisters are confirmed as the world’s oldest siblings 105 aand 108
Happy, happy birthday
Marjorie Ruddle, 105, left, and Dorrie Richards, 108, have been entered into the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest siblings
TWO sisters have earned their place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest siblings.
Dorrie Richards, who is 108 years and five months old and her sister Marjorie Ruddle, who turned 105 last month, received their certificates during an emotional reunion yesterday.
They had not seen each other for more than two-and-a-half years because it is difficult to transport them between the care homes where they live.
Dorrie is a resident at Whitefriars in Ryhall Road, Stamford. Yesterday two carers from Whitefriars volunteered their time to accompany Dorrie to Park House nursing home in Peterborough to visit her sister and collect her certificate.
Report from the Hardest Hit North-East Conference
Cuts are costing us our independence, disabled people in Newcastle tell Government
Over 200 disabled people, carers and disability campaigners gathered at Newcastle Civic Centre on Friday 1 June to discuss the impact of government cuts on disabled and older people. The conference comes after a march and rally last October which was the largest of a series across the country with over a 1000 people taking part.
