Category Archives: Carers
Supporting Carers’ Health and Well-being
New Approaches to Supporting Carers’ Health and Well-being
This report, ‘New Approaches to Supporting Carers’ Health and Well-being’, presents the findings of an independent evaluation of the National Carers’ Strategy Demonstrator Sites programme. It was funded by the Department of Health who commissioned CIRCLE, University of Leeds to undertake the evaluation of 25 demonstrator sites around the country. These sites either developed new and innovative services for carers or extended existing provision where effective arrangements were already in place.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/2011/11/
Digital inclusion is key to ensuring as many people as possible remain involved in the community
Accessibility is vitally important for people with disabilities and older mobile users
Should the mobile industry be talking more about accessibility? A new report on the number of disabled people worldwide could provide a powerful incentive to users and developers alike
- Stuart Dredge
- guardian.co.uk,
Basic home care help ‘breaching human rights’
23 November 2011 Last updated at 08:17
One of the common complaints was a lack of help the elderly were given eating and drinking
By Nick Triggle Health correspondent, BBC News
Basic care for the elderly in their own homes in England is so bad it breaches human rights at times, an inquiry says.
The home care review by the Equality and Human Rights Commission highlighted cases of physical abuse, theft, neglect and disregard for privacy and dignity.
It said on many occasions support for tasks such as washing and dressing was “dehumanising” and left people “stripped of self-worth”.
The findings have added weight to calls for a complete overhaul of the system.
Campaigners described the situation as “shameful”, while councils, which are in charge of providing such services, said without urgent reform services would just get worse.
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