Category Archives: Carers

Quarter of a million children provide care for others

May 16, 2013   Carers, family, ukcuts, young carers

16 May 2013 Last updated at 10:01

Young carers: Quarter of a million children provide care for others

Kelly Young carer Kelly, 17, says people like her need more help to cope with their responsibilities
Nearly a quarter of a million children in England and Wales are caring for a relative, new statistics just released show.

The Children’s Society warns that such young people could have their education and job prospects permanently damaged.

The charity says one in 12 young carers in England spends more than 15 hours a week caring for a parent or sibling, and one in 20 misses school.

New figures suggest 244,000 people under 19 are carers.

But the Children’s Society warns that number is likely to be “just the tip of the iceberg” and is calling for more government support and recognition for these young people.

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Minister for Care, Norman Lamb to visit care home

May 16, 2013   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia, Norfolk

MP to tour Mundesley care home to see dementia work

Thursday, May 16, 2013
6:30 AM

A care home in north Norfolk will be showcasing its nationally recognised facilities to North Norfolk MP and Minister for Care, Norman Lamb tomorrow Friday May 17.

Mr Lamb will pay a visit to the Munhaven Care Home in Mundesley, a 20-bed care home that specialises in dementia care, ahead of Dementia Awareness Week which runs from May 19-24.

The home was a finalist at the National Dementia Care Awards in November 2012 in the best dementia care home category and is run by NorseCare, the care company set up by Norfolk County Council. It manages 25 care homes and 14 housing with care schemes.

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Why don’t they listen to what carers have to say?

May 15, 2013   Carers, disability, family, health, Older care

True integration involves the NHS, local councils and families

Families are the biggest providers of care, yet carers can find themselves cut out of decision-making and bounced between different bureaucracies

Norman Lamb and Heléna Herklots
Guardian Professional, Wednesday 15 May 2013 08.30 BST

The 6.5 million carers in the UK providing unpaid care to their loved ones outnumber all NHS and social care staff put together.

Caring is a fact of life. Whether a partner falls ill, or a parent needs support as they grow older, or a child is born with a disability – it will affect us all at some point.

At times like these, families pull together to support each other. But too often they find that the services there to support them don’t do the same.

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