Category Archives: disability

Forgotten Heroes reaches out to carers

November 9, 2011   Carers, disability

Finding the carers

 

For every seriously injured serviceman or woman flown back to Britain there is at least one unpaid carer. There are currently more than six million carers in the country, eleven per cent of the population.

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Pensioners have been warned they may have to remortgage their homes to pay for personal care

November 7, 2011   Carers, disability, Older care

Remortgage to pay for your care… even in your own home, pensioners warned

 

  • Plans blasted as ‘smash and grab raid’ on incomes
  • Proposals in Andrew Dilnot report would see homes included in means test

By Tim Shipman

Last updated at 7:18 AM on 7th November 2011

Pensioners have been warned they may have to remortgage their homes to pay for personal care – even if they don’t go into a residential home.

Under plans being considered by ministers, pensioners who need help washing, feeding and clothing themselves would be forced to seek equity release on their homes to pay for the help.

The plans were last night branded a ‘smash and grab raid’ on the incomes of the elderly.

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Carers are asked to give their views

November 6, 2011   Carers, charities, disability, Older care

Care views are wanted

PEOPLE who use care services in Central Beds are being asked to pinpoint the priorities for reform on the Social Care System.

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