Author Archives: wendy

Rising prices ‘hit poor the hardest’

November 5, 2014   Carers, Featured Article, fuel poverty, mental health, poverty
  • by James Reed, Political Correspondent

A new report suggests thousands more people are living in absolute poverty than recorded by official figures.

Research by the respected Institute for Fiscal Studies argues that Government statistics fail to take into account the fact that the rising cost of living hits poorer families harder than those on higher incomes.

It found households with the lowest incomes have seen prices rise by 50 per cent in the last decade compared to 43 per cent for the wealthiest.

That translates into an extra 300,000 people in absolute poverty, the IFS says in research published by the York-based Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF).

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Charity Terapia holds Downton Abbey themed ball

November 3, 2014   Carers, charities, Featured Article, mental health

First published 13:30 Monday 3 November 2014 in News  by Anna Slater, Chief Reporter

Child psychology charity Terapia, in Watford Way, Hendon, held the event to help restore The Bothy, a Grade Two-listed building in the gardens of Stephens House and Gardens, East Finchley.

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340,000 elderly will be denied care in new cuts

October 24, 2014   Carers, family, Featured Article

Vital help to be restricted to those who need assistance with two or more tasks

  • Charities attacked new criteria announced by the Government last night 
  • Age UK said 340,000 would be denied care in ‘bleak’ future for elderly
  • Department of Health insisted new rules are meant to mirror old ones 

By Daniel Martin, Whitehall Correspondent for the Daily Mail

Published: 00:34, 24 October 2014 | Updated: 09:27, 24 October 2014

Vital help for elderly people will be restricted to only those who need help with two tasks or more, the Government said last night.

Councils have been told to provide home helps and other assistance only if people are unable to complete two or more essential daily tasks.

If they are unable to do only one of the 10 appointed tasks they should receive no help from their council – meaning they would have to pay for care themselves or do without it.

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