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Norwich Carers Forum event for Carers Rights Day
NORWICH EVENT TO HELP CARERS WITH MONEY MATTERS
Carers Rights Day, 2nd December 2011
Thousands of people living in Norfolk look after sick and disabled relatives at home, and may be missing out on vital benefits and support.
Carers can find out more by attending a special Carers Rights Day event organised by Norwich and District Carers Forum on Friday 2nd December at The Charing Cross Centre in Norwich from 1.30-3.30pm.
The careless make a mockery of care
There’s no escaping the fact that when you pay peanuts, you don’t always get Einstein.
By Helen Martin
Published on Monday 28 November 2011 12:06
LOCAL authorities in England are getting most of the blame following the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s year-long inquiry into home care of the elderly.
Although the inquiry didn’t cover Scotland, the situation is exactly the same here.
Care staff time is “bought” from agencies or funded in-house by local authorities, who also decree the amount of time a carer will spend on dressing, washing, feeding or doing whatever else is necessary for an old person. Sometimes that is as little as 15 minutes . . .
Family unpaid Carers feel isolated without access to the internet!
Elderly people would be less lonely if they were “plugged in” to the world wide web, according to the internet entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox.
By Martin Beckford, Social Affairs Editor
The Lastminute.com founder, now the Government’s “digital champion”, said that grandparents could speak to their families over Skype, could order groceries online and learn more about their favourite pastimes.
