Category Archives: Older care

‘Private care has saved me money’

October 18, 2011   Carers, disability, Older care
Mr Greenfield switched to private care after discovering it costs less than if he stayed with the authority.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011


THIS disabled pensioner is one of 1,600 adults living in North East Lincolnshire who are dependent on regular home support from carers.

When North East Lincolnshire Council stopped subsidising the cost of adult social care and introduced means testing in April this year, the hourly rate of 70-year-old Peter Greenfield’s care went up from £6.75 to £11.24.

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    Switched provider: Peter Greenfield has changed to private care.

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More needs to be done for former carers

October 18, 2011   Carers, family, Older care

Calls for more support for former carers in Cornwall

Carers UK said there should be a revamp of the social care and benefits system

A charity has claimed the government is not doing enough for hundreds of former carers in Cornwall.

There are about 62,000 carers in Cornwall saving the economy £1.2 billion a year, according to Carers UK.

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Former MP does not believe that some have to chose between eat and heat

October 17, 2011   Carers, Older care

Edwina Currie speaking about the choice between heating and food

 

Former MP Edwina Currie tells listeners who claim to have to choose between food and heating that she doesn’t believe anyone in the UK is too poor to eat.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00l5xsb

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