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Local MP calls for assistance for pensioner carers
North Ayrshire and Arran MP Katy Clark has called for carers’ allowance to be paid to pensioners.
Sep 21 2012 by Ross Dunn, Irvine Herald
The MP tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament, calling for pensioners to be paid a carers’ allowance.
Carers allowance is currently withdrawn from carers once they’re eligible for state pension, with some pensioners qualifying for additional support, depending on financial circumstances.
Dementia care services need ‘radical overhaul’ in Scotland
ALZHEIMER Scotland wants to see a co-ordinator appointed to oversee the health and care of dementia patients.
CARE services for people with dementia need a radical overhaul, Alzheimer Scotland has said.
Many of Scotland’s estimated 84,000 sufferers do not receive the coordinated health and social support that is vital to help them live in the community, the charity said.
Carers, partners and families of sufferers are also lacking essential support as a result of the current “fragmented” care system.
Alzheimer Scotland wants to see a co-ordinator appointed to oversee the treatment and care of dementia patients.