Category Archives: disability
Reading: Cuts to council care support agreed
Cuts to council care support agreed
By Linda Fort
April 07, 2011
Social workers in Reading will begin the task of reassessing elderly and disabled people receiving care following a decision by councillors on Tuesday last week.
People with moderate needs currently receiving care will be reassessed and if their needs have not increased to critical or substantial levels they will lose their support from the council.
The full council also agreed a new charging policy for day centres which will see £4.90 a day charges to some users dropped altogether while others could see that charge go up to £43.
Burnley parents join respite care protest
Burnley parents join respite care protest
Published on Wednesday 6 April 2011 16:10
PARENTS of some of Burnley’s most vulnerable children joined protests against proposed cuts to respite care homes.
Fears are that families in the town could be plunged into crisis if any of the East Lancashire homes – including Reedley Cottages – are closed by the County Council.
SNP help for Carers in Scotland
The SNP has set out a range of measures aimed at helping Scotland’s unpaid carers, including continuing to fund 10,000 weeks of respite provision over the next five years.
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