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Plans to make it easier for people with disabilities to employ Personal Assistants
Department of Health tackles shortfall of Personal Assistants
28th July 2011
Plans to make it easier for people with disabilities to employ Personal Assistants to help them to live as full a life as possible were revealed today by Care Services Minister Paul Burstow.
A Framework for Personal Assistants helps offer universal support for people with care needs as well as the PAs they employ. It maintains the flexibility of the role, which makes them so vital in helping people with disabilities to live their lives and aims to increase the number of PAs available.
Research shows that those receiving payments can be nervous about becoming an employer and the lack of a clear, universal job description can be a barrier to those considering joining the profession.
A 90-year-old carer is concerned about what will happen to his disabled son
Carer, 90, supports disabled son in Ashby-de-la-Zouch
A 90-year-old carer from Leicestershire is concerned about what will happen to his disabled son when he is no longer able to support him.
Alf Winter lives in sheltered housing in Ashby-de-la-Zouch with 55-year-old Keith, who has cerebral palsy.
The pensioner is one of an estimated 77,000 carers over the age of 65 who live in the East Midlands.
Young carers tell their stories & interview JLS Oritse Williams
Young carers tell their stories & interview JLS Oritse Williams
Young carers tell their stories & interview JLS Oritse Williams, himself a young carer in the past. He gives them advice about surviving the problems of being a young carer and making the best of what they have.
highlights young carers do a fantastic job looking after a relative in need of care but they also have needs and people to listen to them but there are cuts to the backup services for some
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