Category Archives: Carers
Banks should make better provision for carers
Carers and Online Banking
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey, Conservative)
These days, we seem to talk a lot about banks and banking, and for many in the House it is nice that there is a profession slightly less popular than ours. Since notice was given of this debate, I have had right hon. and hon. Members ask me what it was about, and when I explained it, many of them gave examples of similar problems raised with them by their constituents. I am glad, therefore, to have been able to secure this debate.
Charities bearing burden of government cuts on dementia
Charities should not have to plug the gap for government investment
Fundraising | Niki May Young| 2 Feb 2012
Alzheimer’s charities say they should not be expected to subsidise a lack of funding from the government for dementia research, following a study which aims to increase capacity for dementia research in the UK.
There are currently nearly 1 million people affected by dementia in the UK, excluding family members and carers, advises the Defeating Dementia report by Alzheimer’s Research UK, which warns that with an ageing population and without investment in research, these figures could easily escalate.
Lack of funding was the most common response from a base of 120 researchers working in the dementia field asked about barriers to past and future progress in this area.
Cuts to transport scheme for disabled adults could force Flintshire carer out of work
Around 500 others who use the transport each week are also currently being assessed for eligibility
Feb 2 2012 by Francesca Elliott, Flintshire Chronicle
A WOMAN who cares for her disabled sister has blasted council bosses for a £400,000 transport service cut which could impact hundreds and force her to quit her job.
Julie Forster, of Mynydd Isa, is carer to her vulnerable 51-year-old sister Jackie, who has learning disabilities and often needs a wheelchair.
Jackie, like about 500 others in Flintshire, relies on council-funded transport, which uses private contractors to drive people with learning disabilities to day care centres or work opportunities.
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