Tag Archives: disability
Services for Carers in Devon will not be axed
Carers assured their services are secure
CLAIMS that there have been cutbacks in services for carers in Devon have been firmly dismissed.
Devon County Council has responded to suggestions that a recent announcement which included the launch of a new telephone helpline did not mention that alternative support for carers were being axed.
Access to disabled man’s house by road workers was denied
Carers denied access to disabled man by road workers
4:02pm Monday 14th November 2011
By Adam Binnie »
The mother of a disabled man has branded workers from Hertfordshire Highways “morons” after his carers were denied access to their home.
Margaret Federico of Rickmansworth Road relies on the help of two carers to look after her son Romualdo who has cerebral palsy.
The real cost of disability!
I wrote this a few years ago, a friend asked me to find it and so I’m posting it here so I don’t lose it again.
I got up this morning, left my bed (£150), and walked down one flight of stairs. Had a shower (£100)and went in to my daughter.
I hoisted (£1000) my daughter out of her her bed (£800) using a sling (£100)into her wheelchair (£2000), then used the overhead hoist in the bathroom (£2000) to put her on the shower bench (£600) to give her a shower.She then sat on the toilet seat (£200). Put her in the lift (£3000) to go down to the sitting room. Most of these costs were borne by social services.
