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CarerWatch response to Social Care White Paper1 comment

carerwatch wrote 10 months ago: CarerWatch  members are outraged that the Coalition government has failed to address one of the most … more →

Tags: social care, adult care, Carers, Welfare Reform Bill, Carers UK, Social Care, disability living allowance, Andrew Lansley, elderly

Interview with Chief Executive Carers Northumberland - GoodcauseTV

carerwatch wrote 10 months ago: Video of interview with Sandi Downing, Chief Executive, Carers Northumberland Watch here For support … more →

Tags: Carers, carer's allowance, Welfare Reform Bill

Barking and Dagenham Against the Cuts - community conference

carerwatch wrote 11 months ago: received from Anna………… Hi everyone,I wanted to let you all know about Barkin … more →

Tags: Carers, welfare reform, Benefits, adult care, Carer Watch, Welfare Reform Bill, Social Care, Welfare Reform, DLA

Disabled People Against Cuts - protest April 18th

carerwatch wrote 1 year ago: Disabled people Against Cuts April 18th meet for 1.30 pm McDonalds Leicester Square. Let us have tex … more →

Tags: Carers, social care, Elderly, welfare reform, Benefits, health, NHS, adult care, housing benefit

Hardest Hit North East: Conference on the impact of cuts on disabled people

carerwatch wrote 1 year ago: Friday 1st June 2012  -    09:00 until 16:30 Banqueting Suite & Pandon Room, Newcastle Civic Cen … more →

Tags: social care, Elderly, Disabled, welfare reform, Benefits, Employment & Support Allowance, Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Human Rights

Last stages of the Legal Aid bill – time to stand up for access to justice4 comments

carerwatch wrote 1 year ago: Guest post from Natalie Sedacca - a member of Young Legal Aid Lawyers. Carers, and those they care f … more →

Tags: Carers, Disabled, Benefits, adult care, disability living allowance, Cuts, legal aid, carer's allowance, Welfare Reform Bill

WHY have family carers been failed again?6 comments

carerwatch wrote 1 year ago: For several years now CarerWatch, along with other campaigners, have fought for Carers’ benefits to … more →

Tags: Benefits, adult care, Carers, carer's allowance, Welfare Reform Bill, Welfare Reform, DLA, benefit, disability living allowance

Welfare Reform Bill prompts protest in London1 comment

carerwatch wrote 1 year ago: Activists and disability campaign groups are staging a demonstration in opposition to the government … more →

Tags: Carers, Carer Watch, Campaigners, Welfare Reform Bill, Welfare Reform, benefit, disability living allowance, esa, DPAC

'They know you are vulnerable' – plight of older people in home care1 comment

carerwatch wrote 1 year ago: Most of the women from the care agency, were, in the words of a 78-year-old, “nasty and rough … more →

Tags: Carers, social care, Disabled, Alzheimer's, health, adult care, Incontinence, Southern Cross, Human Rights

BBC One Programmes - Inside Out East, 21/11/2011

carerwatch wrote 1 year ago:   David Whiteley asks what went wrong with the Southern Cross care home business. BBC – B … more →

Tags: Carers, social care, Elderly, Disabled, palliative care, Panorama, Southern Cross, Human Rights

Council under fire over proposals to close 30 day care centres in Lincolnshire

carerwatch wrote 1 year ago:   A former social services boss has warned it could be "impossible" to bring back cou … more →

Tags: Carers, social care, Elderly, Disabled, Alzheimer's, palliative care, Learning disabled, Human Rights, disability living allowance

MPs demand end to closures of council-run elderly care homes and call for enquiry into deaths 2 comments

carerwatch wrote 1 year ago: Every day we hear of local authorities closing, withdrawing or cutting back on essential facilities … more →

Tags: Carers, social care, Elderly, Disabled, Alzheimer's, palliative care, Benefits, health, NHS

Major shake-up of adult social care in Lincolnshire is approved

carerwatch wrote 1 year ago:   HUNDREDS of elderly and vulnerable people will have their home help removed as part of the bi … more →

Tags: Carers, social care, Elderly, Disabled, Autism, Alzheimer's, Mental Health, palliative care, Benefits

A Policy Dialogue Platform | Promoting Better Governance

carerwatch wrote 1 year ago:   Experts have been enlisted to help the Government’s discussions on how to improve the care sy … more →

Tags: Carers, social care, Elderly, Disabled, Alzheimer's, Mental Health, Benefits, adult care, Learning disabled

Care (Older People)2 comments

carerwatch wrote 1 year ago: Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford, Conservative) Thank you very much, Mr Streeter, for calling me … more →

Tags: Carers, social care, Elderly, Disabled, welfare reform, Alzheimer's, palliative care, Pensions, NHS

Health and social care insolvencies rise by 49% | Public Finance1 comment

carerwatch wrote 1 year ago:   There has been a huge rise in insolvencies in the health and social care sector, with an incr … more →

Tags: Carers, social care, Elderly, Disabled, palliative care, health, Pensions, NHS, adult care

Out of the shadows Carers UK

carerwatch wrote 1 year ago:  Emily Holzhausen, Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Carers UK, speaks to Editor Caroline Pen … more →

Tags: Carers, social care, Elderly, Disabled, welfare reform, Mental Health, Benefits, health, adult care

What does the future hold for family carers? 6 comments

carerwatch wrote 1 year ago: Can we afford to ignore family carers? Care provided by them is a necessity and will be even more so … more →

Tags: Carers, social care, Elderly, Disabled, Autism, welfare reform, Alzheimer's, Mental Health, palliative care

Council leader calls for action on bed-blocking

carerwatch wrote 1 year ago:   THE leader of Oxfordshire County Council last night admitted Oxfordshire’s social care system … more →

Tags: Carers, social care, Elderly, Disabled, health, NHS, adult care


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