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Carer treated with nothing but contempt and it’s just so unfair
Anna Ferdinando given two weeks to leave her grandmother’s two-bed house in Hill Road
11:24am Tuesday 30th April 2013 in News
A mother and her seven-month-old son are being evicted from their home by Haringey Borough Council because she did not claim benefits.
Anna Ferdinando, of Hill Road, Muswell Hill, and her son Arthur are being forced to leave her late grandmother Helene McPhillips’ council house because she did not claim Carer’s Allowance.
Family Carers need the internet for support and friendship
Why it’s important to get older people and carers confident online
Rates of digital exclusion in social care are higher than in the general population
The government’s digital by default agenda seeks to realise £1.8bn of savings by moving transactions with citizens online and it aims to boost the value of the economy by £63bn by developing better digital skills across the country.
Evidence suggests that being net savvy can save us time, money, make us feel better connected, less lonely and better informed. Conversely, being digitally excluded means having less (and diminishing) access to public and commercial services, to information and advice and to social interaction, all of which adversely impacts on wellbeing.
When depression affects 20% of older people living in the community and 40% living in elder care homes, compared with 10% of the population at large, and when national data shows that informal carers have lower levels of wellbeing than non-carers, being digitally literate is not just desirable, it becomes necessary.
Digital Unite research has shown that of those over 55s who are using the internet, four out of five (86%) said it had improved their lives, 72% said being online had helped reduce their feelings of isolation and 81% said using the internet makes them feel part of modern society. In addition, 20% of older learners in a Digital Unite social housing learning programme felt their understanding of health-related issues had improved as a result of being online.
Kinship carers are living in poverty
Kinship carers ‘unable to afford basic necessities’
The report found carers generally prioritized the children’s needs over their ownAbout a third of relatives looking after children because their parents are no longer able to can afford to provide basic items, a study has found.
The report, by children’s charity Buttle UK, looked at 80 children who are looked after by family members outside of child welfare agencies.
Only 31% of families could provide all eight basic essential items, like heating and warm clothes.
Each child raised in kinship care saves the taxpayer up to £56,000 a year.
The report is the second of a two-part study into kinship care carried out by Buttle UK and the University of Bristol.
