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Carers say funding cuts will end up costing council more in long term
Cuts of £500,000 to carers services in Derby will cost the city council more in the long run.
By PAUL WHYATT
CARERS in Derby say plans to slash funding for services
they use by £500,000 will cost the city council far more in the long term.
Vita Snowden, of the campaign group Protect Derby Carers’ Services, said many of the city’s 5,000 carers would be unable to cope if their support services were forced to fold as a result of the cuts.
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Councillor Fareed Hussain said carers would still be able to access services.
And that, she claimed, would leave the council having to take on responsibility for the care of thousands more vulnerable adults.
Ms Snowden said: “The council thinks it is saving money by cutting carers’ services but it will end up spending much more.
“It costs
the council approximately £26,000 per year to pay for one person to live in a care home. The amount it is looking to cut over the next three is the same as the amount it would cost them to look after 20 adults.
“There are 5,000 carers looking after loved ones in Derby. If they cannot cope, thousands more adults will have to go into care homes. It will cost the council millions more.”
Why bus drivers are being taught about dementia
By Jane Dreaper Health correspondent, BBC News
Thousands of bus drivers around Britain are being given special training so they can help passengers with dementia.
Drivers Chris Peter and Krystyna Ryan took part in the dementia awareness training
It’s part of an initiative by the Prime Minister which is trying to encourage everyone to be more aware of the needs of older people who have dementia, to help them in their daily lives.
I watched a training session at a First Group depot in an industrial part of north-west London. It is home to more than 100 buses, and a work base for 300 drivers.
Upstairs, 11 members of staff gather for what proves to be a hard-hitting couple of hours. It begins with a simple memory test.
The trainer, Keith Sheard, promises the drivers an easy exercise. He asks them to draw a picture of both sides of a 1p coin, with as much detail as they can remember.
He jokes: “Dead easy this – you handle these coins every day!”
Over time, the dementia will come back and take everything from you.”
Keith Sheard Trainer
NHS building online app centre
NHS building online app centre
The NHS Commissioning Board is building a directory of online apps to help people improve their health and wellbeing.
The directory will be a trusted listing of online health and care tools, all of which will be accessible from mobile devices or desktop computers.
The sort of online tool in the directory include things such as care planning to support people living with one or more long-term condition, in which they can create online care plans, record their experiences and invite their carers to see these online.
It will also look at information and advice for older people, particularly if this can help reduce isolation and loneliness. The directory will be revealed at Innovation Expo in March 2013, held in London’s ExCel Centre.
