Tag Archives: disability

Queen’s speech 2012: Draft bill on social care announced

May 9, 2012   Carers, disability, Older care

Who should pay to look after the elderly and disabled?

By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News


The Queen’s Speech

A draft bill on overhauling care and support for elderly and disabled people in England has been announced in the Queen’s Speech.

The bill will put “people in control of their care and give them greater choice,” ministers say.

The contentious issue of how social care is paid for is still unclear.

This week, charities and the Local Government Association called for radical change to prevent people being left “living in misery and fear”.

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Carers express concerns over new policy of ‘self-directed care’

May 8, 2012   Carers, disability, Scotland

8 May 2012 17:16 BST

 

 

 

Care fears: Groups worry about “lack of knowledge” and potential “abuse”.

Care providers from the public, private and voluntary sectors have all expressed “anxiety” about a “seismic shift” in the provision of care for vulnerable people, MSPs have heard.

New legislation could allow disabled people to buy their own alternatives to council-run social care.

However, Holyrood’s Health Committee on Tuesday heard concerns raised by some nurses as well as private and voluntary care providers who may need to deliver thousands of individually tailored care packages.

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The elderly and disabled cannot afford to wait

May 8, 2012   Carers, disability, Older care, ukcuts

Every week brings more evidence of the growing crisis in care for older and disabled people.

By Liz Kendall MP, Shadow Minister for Care and Older People

7:00AM BST 08 May 2012

Appalling cases of abuse or neglect in hospitals and care homes have rightly hit the headlines. However, there is also a hidden care crisis affecting thousands of families across the country.

Many struggle to find the help they need when a loved one becomes ill or frail. Some elderly people end up with only 15 minute home visits to get them up, washed, dressed and fed.

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