Tag Archives: disability

Carers free from tax credit cuts

March 20, 2012   Carers, charities, disability

Plans to change tax credit entitlement that would have cost couples with disabled children up to £3,870 a year have been altered.

 Couples with disabled children are entitled to financial help through the tax credits system

Plans to change tax credit entitlement that would have cost couples with disabled children up to £3,870 a year have been altered.

Millions of working low-income families can claim tax credits, in addition to some benefits.

Changes in April mean couples with children will have to work for 24 hours a week between them, not 16, in order to qualify for working tax credit.

However, the government has now made carers exempt from this change.

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Norwich Door to Door Founder and Passenger chosen as an Olympic Torchbearer

March 19, 2012   Carers, cerebral palsy, Norfolk

Roger’s nomination story

  • Carrying the Flame on: 05 Jul 2012
  • Carrying the Flame through: Acle
  • Age: 60
  • Hometown: Norwich

 

Roger is the founder of Norwich Door to Door, a voluntary organisation and charity formed on July 17 1992. We will be 20 years old in July 2012. Today the charity supports 500 severely disabled children, adults and older people with mobility problems who are unable to leave their own homes without specialist care and assistance. We own seven accessible mini buses with lifts that are the wheels to opportunity in our community.
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Home care for elderly branded ‘shocking and disgraceful’

March 16, 2012   Carers, disability, Older care

Ministers have already promised they will be revamping social care in England

By Nick Triggle Health correspondent, BBC News

The standards of care provided for older people in their homes in the UK has been labelled “shocking and disgraceful” by a consumer group.

Which? found cases of missed visits, food left out of reach, medication not given and people being left in soiled beds during its investigation.

It concluded too many faced a “constant battle” to just get the basic help.

The UK Home Care Association said it was never acceptable for people to experience rushed or inadequate care.

Which? said the findings – based on a survey and diaries kept by the elderly – showed the system needed reform.

More than 500,000 people rely on help at home with activities such as washing and dressing.

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