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Carers putting themselves at risk over respite concerns, warns Vitalise
Disability charity Vitalise urges social care decision makers to take respite provision seriously
Carers’ concern about the quality of respite care is preventing them from taking up opportunities for respite breaks and putting their own health at risk, a study by national disability charity Vitalise has revealed.
In response to this week’s Carers Week survey, which highlights the financial, physical and emotional stresses faced by carers, Vitalise’s study has revealed the additional barriers that are preventing carers from accessing desperately-needed respite breaks for themselves and their loved ones.
Elderly residents ‘life line’ coffee shops are taken away in Norfolk
Residents angry as “lifeline” coffee shops are taken away from 14 Norfolk care at home complexes
Residents at the Wherry Housing Associated sheltered home complex, Redmayne View, angry that Norse are cancelling their café and shop. Picture: Denise Bradley
David Freezer Wednesday, June 19, 2013
12:00 PM
Angry residents of a Norwich care home have blasted funding cuts which will see their “lifeline” on-site coffee shop taken away and the hours of their shop slashed.
Older people living in the Redmayne View care at home complex, in Sprowston, say their quality of life will be damaged by the changes – part of a shake-up which has put 51 jobs at Norse Commercial Services at risk around Norfolk.
Redmayne View is one of more than a dozen care homes round the county where Norfolk County Council subsidises Norse Commercial Services to provide on-site coffee shops and convenience stores.
And with looming job cuts, those shops and stores, so valued by the elderly residents, are in danger of disappearing or having their hours reduced.
The 40 residents of Redmayne View currently enjoy a staffed coffee shop and mini convenience store service between 10am and 11.30am five days a week.
Please remember carers now carersweek is over!
If you’re a carer, take care of yourself too
Last week was Carers Week, and Members of Parliament and people around the country paid attention to the work done by carers who undertake the enormous task of looking after their loved ones every day.
The work of a carer is arduous and unrelenting. I recall my grandad steadfastly dedicating years to caring for my nan, and now my father-in-law is in need of complete round-the-clock care.
Many of us will find ourselves in the role of carer at some point and the impact it will have on our lives can be enormous.
For many it can affect their career prospects or result in a reduced income – perhaps because they have to work fewer hours.
For others, it will reduce the amount of free time they have – perhaps having to give up sporting or other activities.
For some it can cause a breakdown in relationships.
