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Help at hand for older people - Warrington Guardian 31st October 2009
"CHESHIRE Carers Centre will be hosting a series of talks for carers of older people living in Cheshire through November and December.
The caring at home course has been running at the London Road centre, in Northwich, from Monday this week and will finish on Monday, December 14, between 12.30pm and 3pm with lunch provided. "
Who cares for Cumbria's carers? - Carlisle News & Star 14th October 2009
"Thirteen years ago, when Lisa Farmer became a parent for the second time, her life changed forever.
The birth of her second child Sarah was a blessing for her and her husband Marc, a software engineer at Sellafield.
Money meant for carers is not reaching them, say charities - The Guardian 13th October 2009
"Cash is being diverted to pay off debts, instead of providing respite breaks for those who care for dependents at home"
Carers are losing out on £40m, royal trust claims - The Guardian 13th October 2009
"More than three-quarters of government funding allocated to provide respite for carers has not reached those in need, according to two charities. Of the £50m intended for use this year to relieve the burden on family members and friends who look after dependants, the Princess Royal Trust for Carers and Crossroads Care maintain £40m has not reached the frontline."
NHS 'failing to support carers' - BBC Health News 12th October 2009
"The National Health Service in England is failing to invest in sorely needed services for carers, campaigners say.
Data uncovered by two charities suggested just £10m of the extra £50m earmarked for support services was being spent this year. "
Caring about carers - The Independent 12th October 2009
"In the UK there are six million unpaid carers for the elderly, sick or disabled, receiving the lowest available government benefits, at just £53.10 a week.
With an ageing population and spiralling private healthcare costs, the government recognises that the problem is set to get worse. It released a recent Green Paper, Shaping the Future of Care Together, which will attempt to overhaul the growing needs of the UK care system for the first time since the 1940s."
Dementia is not the end of life - The Guardian 2nd October 2009
"Too many carers are isolated in their struggle to help people with dementia lead better lives. It's time we gave them a hand"
Appeal for carers as flu doubles - The Whitehaven News 23rd September 2009
HUNDREDS of Copeland’s elderly and housebound could find themselves increasingly isolated and vulnerable if the expected swine flu pandemic hits this winter.
Now around 400 volunteers are being sought to help ensure vital lifelines to the area’s older people, who face being stranded as health workers are affected by the increase in cases.
Andy Burnham calls for better pay for care workers - The Guardian 9th September 2009
Social care workers underpaid and undervalued, says health secretary
Benefits for carers 'are confusing' - The Guardian 8th September 2009
Benefits paid to almost one million carers in the UK are unnecessarily complex and cause confusion, a parliamentary report has found.
And the target regime in operation in JobCentres does not provide advisers with enough incentive to help carers find appropriate part-time work, said the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee.
Women judge, but do they convict? - BBC Health News 7th September 2009
Women are more likely to view someone as dishonest, but are less likely to convict, suggests an online study on attitudes to theft called Honesty lab.
And only 42.9% of people think that it is dishonest for a carer to pressure an elderly lady to change her will.
Chorley MP's bid to ring-fence carers funding - Lancashire Telegraph 26th August 2009
CHORLEY MP Lindsay Hoyle is calling on the Government to ensure that Primary Care Trusts are using money allocated to support the National Carers Strategy for the purposes intended.
Last year the Government announced £150million for PCT’s to finance breaks for those caring for a loved one.
MP calls for carers cash to be ring fenced - Lancashire Telegraph 23rd August 2009
Chorley MP Lindsay Hoyle is calling on the Government to ensure that Primary Care Trusts are using money allocated to support the National Carers Strategy for the purposes intended.
Last year the Government announced £150million for PCT’s to finance breaks for those caring for a loved one.
Liverpool carer charged with killing Alzheimer’s sufferer - Liverpool Echo 16th July 2009
A YOUNG care assistant is accused of killing an 88-year-old Alzheimer’s patient.
Tammy Knox denies the manslaughter of pensioner Sarah Warren.
It is understood the allegation centres around accusations the 23-year-old carer pushed vulnerable Mrs Warren to the floor while working at Finch Manor Nursing Home, in Finch Lea Drive, Dovecot.
Care assistant denies killing Liverpool Alzheimer's patient - Liverpool Daily Post 16th July 2009
A CARE assistant has denied killing an 88-year-old patient.
Tammy Knox is accused of the manslaughter of Alzheimer's sufferer Sarah Warren.
The 23-year-old was working at Finchmanor Nursing Home, in Finch Lea Drive, Dovecot, when she is alleged to have committed the offence.
Disabled Liverpool patient neglected by drunk carer - Liverpool Echo 1st july 2009
A CARER neglected his severely disabled patient while drunk.
Keith Gannon, 43, was supposed to be providing round-the-clock care for vulnerable Darren Cureton.
Liverpool crown court heard the 35-year-old had severe learning difficulties, autism and epilepsy and needed help getting out of bed, getting dressed, being fed and moving around.
Love stories: Britain's army of carers - The Independent on Sunday 7th June 2009
As Carers Week opens, Nina Lakhani details one tragedy – and talks to some of the six million who struggle against the toughest odds every single day
Elderly left at risk by NHS bidding wars to find cheapest care with reverse auctions - The Times 1st June 2009
An online auction system developed for councils to buy cheap wheelie bins and stationery is being used to buy end-of-life and dementia care for vulnerable elderly people.
The NHS in London has held a series of 30 “reverse e-auctions”, where bids are driven down instead of up, for £195 million worth of contracts for palliative and dementia care for patients leaving hospital.
Reverse e-auctions 'an invitation to cut standards' - The Times 1st June 2009
One company boss who took part in the London Procurement Programme’s reverse e-auctions in May called them depressing.
The chief executive, who wished to remain anonymous, said he thought that the company had completed the procurement process after submitting a 206-point questionnaire, with 9 attachments, followed by a 122-question tendering document with 18 attachments in February.
Elderly suffer after reverse e-auctions for home care - The Times 1st June 2009
Andrew Wilson, 78, was one of the elderly people who received poor treatment after a reverse e-auction. This was run by South Lanarkshire for the provision of home care.
Domiciliary Care, a big provider in Scotland, won the contract after companies had driven down their prices. It won with a bid to provide care for £9.95 an hour.
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