Category Archives: Older care

New service to provide extra help to Oxfordshire’s carers

March 31, 2011   dementia, disability, Older care

New service to provide extra help to Oxfordshire’s carers

1:10pm Thursday 31st March 2011

A NEW service to provide better support for many of Oxfordshire’s 60,000 carers goes live tomorrow.

County council social services fear they are in contact with as few as 15 per cent of the tens of thousands of carers in the county, many of whom are desperately in need of help looking after elderly partners and relatives or someone with a physical disability.

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Social care cuts are already biting, say charities

March 30, 2011   Alzheimer’s, Cancer, charities, disability, Multiple Sclerosis, Older care

Social care cuts are already biting, say charities

One in four disabled and older people say their services have been reduced even before the spending cuts next month

Charities found that 52% of older and disabled people were struggling to maintain their independence in the face of cuts.

Nearly one in four disabled and older people have experienced cuts to services and increased charges for care, even before local authority spending cuts are implemented, say charities.

Many families are already being “pushed to breaking point” by reductions to the amount of care they receive, including transport help and respite care, with more than half saying increased charges mean they can no longer afford food and heating.

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Norfolk COPE Carers Project. Video

March 29, 2011   Alzheimer’s, disability, Multiple Sclerosis, Older care, young carers

Norfolk COPE Skilled Carers Project – Subtitled

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_W0AxkmlGo

Supporting carers to COPE

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