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Carers to get money for short breaks
Tyne and Wear carers to get £1.4m to support short breaks
Carers living in Sunderland, Gateshead and South Tyneside are to receive more than £1.4m from the government.
The NHS South of Tyne and Wear money will fund carers’ short breaks, an initiative recognising them as fundamental to strong families and stable communities.
Digital inclusion is key to ensuring as many people as possible remain involved in the community
Accessibility is vitally important for people with disabilities and older mobile users
Should the mobile industry be talking more about accessibility? A new report on the number of disabled people worldwide could provide a powerful incentive to users and developers alike
- Stuart Dredge
- guardian.co.uk,
Basic home care help ‘breaching human rights’
23 November 2011 Last updated at 08:17
One of the common complaints was a lack of help the elderly were given eating and drinking
By Nick Triggle Health correspondent, BBC News
Basic care for the elderly in their own homes in England is so bad it breaches human rights at times, an inquiry says.
The home care review by the Equality and Human Rights Commission highlighted cases of physical abuse, theft, neglect and disregard for privacy and dignity.
It said on many occasions support for tasks such as washing and dressing was “dehumanising” and left people “stripped of self-worth”.
The findings have added weight to calls for a complete overhaul of the system.
Campaigners described the situation as “shameful”, while councils, which are in charge of providing such services, said without urgent reform services would just get worse.
