Tag Archives: Older care
Cash care system should be paying off
It’s been a bad week for the caring reputation of the state.
Lesley Riddoch:
Published on Monday 30 April 2012 00:00
A scheme exists for disabled, old or longterm sick to order their own care but many councils make it hard to use, writes Lesley Riddoch
It’s been a bad week for the caring reputation of the state.
A Sunday paper carried the story of a Scottish multiple sclerosis sufferer bedridden for two years after being discharged from hospital with bed sores. The 56-year-old Gourock woman was given a specially adapted bed (crammed into her own dining room) but no cure, compensation, physiotherapy or apparent caring support from anyone but her 80-year-old mother.
Elderly care: politicians urged to ‘pull their heads out of the sand’
Party leaders are being urged to “pull their heads out of the sand” to reach agreement over the elderly care crisis.
Campaigners urged politicians to rise “above politics” to after the leaders of every major council in England and Wales called on the main party leaders to act now to avoid “dangerous” delays in agreeing reform to elderly services.
In a letter to David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband, they warned that services such as parks, libraries and leisure centres might soon have to close to fund their growing care responsibilities unless a new system can be agreed.
