Tag Archives: disability
Family misses out on more than two years of support
A Lancashire family missed out on quality time together for more than two years, because the county council did not provide the correct support to their severely disabled daughter, the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has found.
The family had been in receipt of funding which gave them one weekend a month of respite care for their daughter, who has a number of medical conditions affecting her development, learning ability and behaviour and required constant supervision and care. This package allowed the family, which also included two other children, the chance to spend time together.
UKIP and Carers – the 10%
So 1 in 10 Brits voted UKIP last week?
Seems like the media can’t stop drivelling on about it. And people can’t stop drivelling about the media coverage.
Yet – amidst all the tumult and the shouting – here is one fact the media have missed reporting . As they have, consistently, for years and years and years.
There’s another one in 10 people in the UK who nobody mentions – the one in 10 who are unpaid family carers. On duty – responsible for someone’s life – many for the full 168 hours a week, week in, week out. It is quite as dreadful as it sounds. You have difficulty with everything: working, sleeping, socialising, existing. Paying bills. Getting out. You don’t tend to get luxuries like bank holidays. And, no, you don’t get used to it.
