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More Family Carers able to access the internet
Carers Online Success
Published: Jun 3rd, 2013 |
Summary
Get IT Together worked with Connecting Carers co-ordinator Jo Chenhall to provide a service for stay at home carers and allow them access to internet and digital inclusion training.
What Happened
Connecting Carers delivers the Carers Centre Services of HCCF across the Highlands. Connecting Carers works in both urban and rural areas have built a strong reputation, both locally and nationally, for being the natural place to go to find out about issues affecting users of health and community care services and carers
Carers warned of blind spot for dementia sufferers
Carers warned of blind spot for dementia victims
PEOPLE with dementia may also suffer sight loss that goes undetected because they are unable to communicate that something is wrong, campaigners have warned.
Alzheimer Scotland and the Royal National Institute for Blind People Scotland said carers and health workers may attribute any problems to the mental condition of dementia patients rather than putting it down to sight loss.
The charities are launching a new booklet – Dementia and Sight Loss – to try to tackle the problem.
The new advice booklet explains how to detect the first signs that something may be wrong with a patient’s sight.
The ‘forgotten’ carers battling to cope alone:
Almost two million are missing out on vital support because they do not consider themselves carers
- Nearly half of carers are worse off by £5,000 a year
- A quarter of carers have had to spend their savings to cover the costs
By Jenny Hope
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Almost two million carers may be missing out on vital support because they are ‘under the radar’ of official figures, it is feared.
As many as 1.75million of the 6.5million Britons who have responsibilities for looking after loved ones do not consider themselves as carers, says a report.
They are therefore failing to apply for a range of help available to them from local authorities and the health service, as well as charities.
The demands of the role can affect their health and well-being as well as their finances, with nearly half worse off by £5,000 a year.
The report from the Scottish Widows think-tank the Centre for the Modern Family reveals almost one in three adults – 15million Britons – supports friends or family without financial reward in some way.
Most willingly do so and see the role as part of their family duty.
