Probably best to set up a separate topic for this Colin_17031 as it will get lost in this thread.How do Social Workers gain agreement from elderly home owners who are dead set against moving from their own home?
On a separate issue, the standard of care homes differs widely.
How do you choose a good one?
Last year we used your evidence to:
Put together a comprehensive submission to the Government’s Carers Strategy
Demonstrate to Government that the Care Act in England is not making the difference to carers lives that it promised and highlight the impact on carers of cuts to social care and community health support arguing for more funding for social care
Raise awareness of the need to reach carers’ earlier with financial and practical support and the impact of missing out
To highlight the difficulty carers are facing accessing health and care services in the community forcing them to use A&E departments
Argue for the needs of carers to be central in housing policy and tell Government carers’ key concerns about housing
Campaign against changes that would have given local authorities in England responsibility for Attendance Allowance
Call for protections for carers in any future changes to the State Pension Age and for carers incomes in later life to be protected
Press for greater recognition of the support carers need to juggle work and care.
As result:
Extra funding for social care was included in the Budget though longer-term funding is still needed
We successfully campaigned to stop Attendance Allowance – the benefit for older disabled people – from changing from a national entitlement to a locally controlled benefit in England
A commitment was made to include carers as a specific group that should be given longer tenancies in social housing
The need for employers to have policies in place to support those caring is prominent in the Government’s Fuller Working Lives Strategy on supporting people to return to or remain in work later in their lives
The Independent State Pension Age Reviewer’s has highlighted carers as a key group that needs special protection in any future pension changes.