Norfolk minister: I’m committed to funding elderly care
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by JOSEPH WATTS, Political editor Saturday, September 22, 2012
6:30 AM
Health minister and Norfolk MP Norman Lamb was left in a difficult position yesterday when his predecessor accused the Treasury of blocking reforms to the funding of elderly care.
The government is currently considering how it and individuals should pay for the burgeoning cost of care for the elderly in the future.
The Norfolk Hospice recognises importance of supporting carers
The Norfolk Hospice, Tapping House recognises importance of supporting carers
By DAVID BLACKMORE Saturday, September 22, 2012
8:00 AM
The Norfolk Hospice, Tapping House yesterday launched an appeal to raise £750,000 to improve palliative care services in the county. In the second of our five-part series, the EDP spoke to two carers who benefit from the charity’s practical and emotional support.
Caring for her husband is a 24/7 job for Doreen Hannant so any offer of a respite – no matter how small – is one she grabs with both hands.
Her husband John was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease six years ago and last year was also diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
They save the NHS thousands of pounds each year, but unpaid carers say they are being treated like ‘second-class citizens’
“All carers, no matter how distressed, are treated sensitively, with empathy and respect”.
Published: 21 September, 2012
by PETER GRUNER
THE borough’s heroic army of unpaid carers is suffering massive levels of stress and distress because of Islington Council’s red tape, bureaucracy and lack of co-ordination, according to a devastating report to the Town Hall this week.
Harrowing evidence of carers, many of them elderly and struggling single-handedly to cope with disabled or mentally ill dependents, is included in a shocking 30-page review of services by Islington Council’s health scrutiny committee.
The carers accused council staff of being “insensitive” and often “brusque, rude and hostile”.
