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New Training For Care Home Workers could be extended to health care assistants

March 17, 2013   Carers, Social care
Sunday, March 17th, 2013 |  by

Government Introduce New Training For Care Home Workers

UK- The Government has introduced plans to make training mandatory for care home staff in order to protect the elderly.  Norman Lamb, the Health Minister, is proposing a minimum standard which all new recruits have to reach before they can start working in nursing homes.  It is also planned that carers that look after pensioners in their own homes will have to undertake training too.

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Protests: Carers and disabled affected by Benefit change

March 16, 2013   benefits, Carers, ukcuts

16 March 2013 Last updated at 18:32

Housing benefit change protests held

Protesters in Manchester Protests have taken place across the country, including Manchester.

Thousands have been demonstrating in a series of cities against government plans to cut housing benefit for those considered to have too much space.

Protests against the plan – labelled the “bedroom tax” by Labour – have been held in 52 towns and cities, including Manchester and London.

Organisers said between 12,000 and 13,000 people turned out.

The government’s welfare changes are due to come in in April and are expected to affect 660,000 people.

Those deemed to have a spare room in their council or housing association home will have their housing benefit claims reduced by £40-£80.

The protests’ national organiser, Éoin Clarke, said: “This is a cruel policy that primarily hits single parents, and the adult disabled.

“Even children deemed disabled but not ‘severely’ so, are affected. Carers, the terminally-ill, battered wives and husbands are all affected.

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Sunderland University helps raise the profile of unpaid carers

March 16, 2013   Carers, disability, Older care

Sunderland carers’ starring role in exhibition

Sunderland University helps raise the  profile of unpaid carers by hosting special photography exhibition

 
A carer
The breaks that carers take from their roles have been captured on camera and will be unveiled at a North East exhibition next week.

The exhibition, called Time Well Earned, will be displayed at Sunderland University’s Showcase Gallery in the Priestman Building, City Campus, between Tuesday and April 19.

The university has joined forces with the Sunderland Carers’ Centre to raise the profile of unpaid carers – people who look after family members or friends who have a long-term illness, a disability or who are elderly and frail.

Many carers juggle care with employment and the level of care they give can exceed a full-time job.

The photographs show carers taking well-deserved breaks from their caring roles, and the idea for the project came from Daniel Dale, who is studying a photography degree.

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