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1.2 million unpaid carers living in poverty, says report

May 25, 2016   Carers, Featured Article, poverty
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Across the UK, 1.2 million people who provide unpaid care are poverty-stricken

More than a million carers are in poverty, a new report suggests.

Across the UK, 1.2 million people who provide unpaid care are poverty-stricken, according to the report from the New Policy Institute (NPI).

There are around 5.3 million informal carers around the UK, most of whom provide care for a family member.

The report from the NPI, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, found that the poverty rate is much higher among working-age adults providing more than 20 hours of care a week.

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WRAP offers a lifeline to sufferers and carers

May 21, 2016   Carers, dementia, Featured Article, internet, Older care
By Sarah Evans –

The show will be held during Carers’ Week on Wednesday, 8th June, at the Stratford ArtsHouse, from 10am until 4pm.

AS the Alzheimer’s Society helps mark Dementia Awareness Week, until Saturday, 21st May, a Warwickshire charity which supports people on a dementia journey, is expanding its services in Stratford.

Warwickshire Reminiscence Action Project — better known as WRAP — was initially set up 20 years ago to support and train people caring for older people in the community.

It started under the control of Warwickshire’s Community Education Service, but is now a registered charity in its own right.

Over the years, more and more people have started looking after a loved one living with dementia, and WRAP’s support services have grown and adapted to their needs.

It has been estimated that around 670,000 people in the UK care for a loved one living with a form of dementia, which WRAP understands can be a lonely and overwhelming role.

Mike Strophair, who founded WRAP, told the Herald: “People can live very positively with dementia and at WRAP we are here to support those people and their loved ones.

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Patients sent home afraid and with little support

May 11, 2016   Carers, disability, Featured Article, hospital
By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online

NHS patients in England are being sent home from hospital afraid and with little support, an ombudsman report reveals.

The independent arbitrator investigated 211 such complaints in a year.

Among them is the case of a 80-year-old woman, repeatedly sent home in a confused state to an empty house, only to be readmitted to hospital when neighbours raised the alarm.

The NHS says the findings will be taken seriously and improvement is under way.

‘Compromising safety’

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