Tag Archives: carers
Carers Week round-up
Carers Week round-up
How social media is connecting carers
“Sandwich” carers John and Jean Pearson talk about their responsibilities
An estimated 6m people in the UK are carers – giving their own time to help support a friend or relative with a disability, illness or condition.
Care of older people in their homes is so poor
Older people cared for at home ‘lacking basic rights’
The report highlighted “major problems” in the home care system
Care of older people in their homes is so poor their human rights are being overlooked, an inquiry by the Equality and Human Rights Commission has found.
The inquiry is investigating how well over-65s who receive homecare visits are looked after in England.
The commission says it has uncovered worrying cases of neglect and examples of lack of respect for older people’s privacy and dignity.
Its full report will be published in November.
This cut threatens to push many disabled children back below the poverty line
Parents of disabled children could lose £1,400 in welfare shakeup
Controversial reforms will also cut benefit for 450,000 disabled tenants in social housing, according to leading charity
The welfare reforms will plunge thousands of families below the poverty line, according to the Children’s Society.
