Appeal to secure future of carers’ site

March 26, 2014   Cancer, Carers, dementia, Multiple Sclerosis

Can you help to bring the outside world into the lives of those unable to leave their home

Carers website produces fundraising calender, and woman who runs site wins digital hero award. Hellesdon woman Wendy Maxwell, who runs carers website Chill4Us, has won the East region TalkTalk Digital Hero Award and the £5,000 that goes with it.; PHOTO: ANTONY KELLY  Wendy Maxwell

PHOTO: ANTONY KELLY

Wednesday, March 26, 2014
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Charities can ease the burden on healthcare

March 25, 2014   Carers, charities, Social care
Organisations close to their communities can often respond to needs in a more targeted way, find solutions and co-ordinate services

 

Mayfair Community Centre co-ordinates a package of support and care based within the community for people with long-term conditions.

The drive to open up public services to competition has proved controversial, nowhere more so than in the NHS. Sir Stephen Bubb, chief executive of the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations, wrote to David Cameron earlier this year raising concerns that public sector monopolies could be replaced by “private-sector oligopolies”. Large private sector providers are cornering new markets in public services at the expense of charities and other smaller community-focused organisations. Bubb argued that contracts are too often focused on cost savings rather than “engagement, collaboration and social value”.

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Businesses braced for dementia care crisis to hit workplace

March 25, 2014   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia

Charity warns full extent of strain on workers juggling jobs and care commitments could be masked by dementia ‘stigma’

 

Businesses braced for dementia care crisis to hit workplace

By , Social Affairs Editor

8:00AM GMT 25 Mar 2014

The lack of professional care for people suffering dementia is threatening a staffing crisis for British businesses as workers are forced to cut their hours or quit to support loved-ones, new research shows.

Nine out of 10 companies fear their business will increasingly be affected by the knock-on effects of dementia on families, according to the study by the business group “Employers for Carers”, which was set up by the charity Carers UK

Seven out of 10 firms which responded said they are braced to lose highly qualified staff because of caring commitments while two thirds fear it will impact their workers’ own health or productivity.

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