Tag Archives: carers
Let’s take the fear out of paying for elderly care
The three main parties must agree a deal that will put an end to 60 years of political failure.
By Andrew Dilnot
8:09PM GMT 16 Jan 2012
There is something very wrong about our attitudes to older people. We hear again and again about the “burden” of ageing, but we should be celebrating the fact that we are living longer. It is one of the great triumphs of the past century that we can expect to live longer than our grandparents, as a result of higher standards of living and better health care. So why are we so gloomy in the face of something that should make us happy?
Welcome news for blind and visually impaired people in Norfolk
Norfolk County Council u-turn on free bus travel for the blind
Dan Grimmer Monday, January 16, 2012
4:46 PM
Blind and visually impaired people in Norfolk will be able to get round the clock free bus travel, after an 11th hour change of heart by council leaders.
Amendment to the Welfare Reform Bill
Concessions offered over disability benefit changes
Ministers are set to make concessions over controversial proposed changes to disability benefits.
The government is backing an amendment to the Welfare Reform Bill halving the time seriously ill or disabled people will have to wait to be eligible for Personal Independence Payments (PIPs).
