Tag Archives: social care

Carers say funding cuts will end up costing council more in long term

December 17, 2012   Carers, disability, health, ukcuts

Cuts of £500,000 to carers services in Derby will cost the city council more in the long run.

Monday, December 17, 2012

Derby Telegraph

 

By PAUL WHYATT

CARERS in Derby say plans to slash funding for services they use by £500,000 will cost the city council far more in the long term.

Vita Snowden, of the campaign group Protect Derby Carers’ Services, said many of the city’s 5,000 carers would be unable to cope if their support services were forced to fold as a result of the cuts.

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    Councillor Fareed Hussain said carers would still be able to access services.

And that, she claimed, would leave the council having to take on responsibility for the care of thousands more vulnerable adults.

Ms Snowden said: “The council thinks it is saving money by cutting carers’ services but it will end up spending much more.

“It costs the council approximately £26,000 per year to pay for one person to live in a care home. The amount it is looking to cut over the next three is the same as the amount it would cost them to look after 20 adults.

“There are 5,000 carers looking after loved ones in Derby. If they cannot cope, thousands more adults will have to go into care homes. It will cost the council millions more.”

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Norwich community centre needs urgent help!

December 6, 2012   Carers, family, internet, Norfolk, Older care

Proposed Norwich community centre faces February auction – if campaigners fail to meet council’s cash demand

Friends of the Silver Rooms committee members, from left, Ian Gibson, chairman; Julie Brociek-Coulton, secretary; and Ann Turner, discuss plans for the Silver Rooms as they start fundraising to buy the building. Picture: Denise Bradley

 

Friends of the Silver Rooms  committee members, from left, Ian Gibson, chairman; Julie Brociek-Coulton, secretary; and Ann Turner, discuss plans for the Silver Rooms as they start fundraising to buy the building. Picture: Denise Bradley

Richard Wheeler Thursday, December 6, 2012
12:56 PM

Campaigners are urging people to dig deep to stop council bosses from selling an in-demand Norwich community centre at auction.

 

The Friends of the Silver Rooms have until December 20 to put down a deposit of approximately £2,600 to secure the Silver Road building, and January 4 to pay the first instalment of around £26,000.

A community centre is proposed for the former day centre, with scores of groups expressing their interest in hosting events and clubs for people of all ages.

But if the Friends fail to secure a deal, which will cost £80,000 over three years, then Norfolk County Council will put the Silver Rooms up for sale at auction in February.

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Care homes’ finances could face inspection

December 1, 2012   Carers, Older care

Care home companies would have to open up their books to inspectors to ensure they were financially sound, under government plans for new regulation.

The measure is included in plans being put out to consultation after the collapse of Southern Cross last year.

The country’s biggest provider had thousands of elderly residents at more than 750 care homes across the UK.

Care Minister Norman Lamb said its demise showed the need for “greater oversight of providers’ finances”.

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There had been concerns about Southern Cross’s business model for years and it struggled to balance the books as local authorities reduced the amounts they were spending on social care.

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