Category Archives: carersweek
Supermarket staff trained to spy on customers
Supermarket staff trained to spy on customers
Health officials are training supermarket staff how to spy on customers’ shopping habits to identify carers who might need help.
9:40AM BST 13 Jun 2011
Workers are being taught how to spot people who look after elderly, sick and disabled relatives by the contents of their shopping baskets, so they can be advised about support they are entitled to.
Cashiers are being trained to discretely ask customers about their personal circumstances while serving them.
They can then put those requiring help in touch with charities that can provide information on financial and practical assistance and respite care.
The Department of Health claims the scheme will improve unpaid carers’ access to support which they might not realise is available to them.
4 out of 5 carers in the SE fear consequences of cuts to care services
4 out of 5 carers in the SE fear consequences of cuts to care services
4:10pm Saturday 11th June 2011
Nearly 80 per cent of unpaid carers in the South East are worried about cuts to services, according to new research for Carers Week 2011 (13-19 June). Almost half don’t know how they will cope as the axe falls on some of the vital support they rely on.
The cuts to services compound the financial sacrifice people make when they start looking after someone who is ill, frail or disabled. Three quarters of those surveyed say they are worse off financially since taking on their caring responsibilities.
When people are forced onto benefits they find that Carer’s Allowance is the lowest benefit of its kind. leaving The Carers Week research shows that two thirds of carers are surprised at how little help they get from the government.
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