Category Archives: Carers

Good to see unpaid carers receiving recognition!

July 7, 2011   Carers, disability

The Carer’s Award

(PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS AWARD WILL BE JUDGED ON WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS ONLY)

The award will be given to an unpaid carer who in the opinion of the judges can demonstrate commitment and perseverance in the care they give. Six million people a year provide unpaid care to either a relative, friend or child who is ill, frail or disabled. This award seeks to acknowledge and celebrate the dedication that carers give to those they care for and the incredible contribution they make.

http://www.care-awards.co.uk/categories/the-carers-award

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Judge ‘troubled’ by care ruling

July 6, 2011   Carers, dementia, disability, Older care, ukcuts

Judge ‘troubled’ by care ruling 

PA

Wednesday, 6 July 2011

A leading judge today said she was “troubled” by the implications of a Supreme Court decision which campaigners say could lead to the elderly being “warehoused” at home “without regard to their quality of life”.

Supreme Court justice Lady Hale – a member of the five-strong judges’ panel which made the ruling – told of her fears that older people “might be left lying in faeces” because local authorities would be entitled to withdraw help.

Campaigning charity Age UK described the ruling as “shameful” and suggested that it could lead to the infirm being forced to “sleep in their own urine”.

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Ballerina loses right to overnight carer to help her use bathroom

July 6, 2011   Carers, disability, stroke

What happened to dignity?

Ballerina loses right to overnight carer to help her use bathroom

A former prima ballerina left disabled by a stroke lost her Supreme Court battle today for an overnight carer to give her ”dignity and independence”.

 

Ms McDonald was left with reduced mobility after a stroke in September 1999

10:20AM BST 06 Jul 2011

Justices at the highest court in the land dismissed an appeal by 67-year-old Elaine McDonald in a majority ruling.

Last October Ms McDonald, who was once a star of Scottish Ballet and received the OBE in 1983, lost her case at the Court of Appeal in London and suffered a further defeat today.

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