<t>Hi Dorothy<br/> <br/> I would contact the SS emergency service--I don't know what area you live in but they should have a Rapid Response team they can send in to help you.<br/> Tell them you can not possibly manage on your own and not only is your health at risk but also your husbands.<br/> <br/>...

<t>The ones I feel sorry for are the ones who are being badly affected by all this through no fault of their own. The hospice where she has spent the weekend is surrounded by police and press. People going to the hospice to visit loved ones who are dying are having to prove ID to get into the place ...

After hearing her on carers and JSA...appalling choice! NO way can that woman represent our interests!

Which is exactly why she's there

<t>Matt<br/> <br/> I'm sorry you feel my reaction was over the top- it was my gut reaction as soon as I saw your announcement.<br/> There are so many things carers need to just exist, and I know in my own case--saving is a total impossibility.<br/> <br/> Excalibur<br/> I am on the site, as is my rig...

<t>That CUK should be spending funds on this campaign is an insult to me as a carer who lost a business, a home, and any chance of saving, many years ago.<br/> <br/> At best , it shows that CUK have not been listening to carers who have been saying the choice is between heating or eating-how good of...

<t>[quote]This forum can be depressing as it often seems to be one long moan about the shortcomings of the Government/LEA/Care Services etc. Whilst no one would pretend that everything in the garden is lovely, we do have to be a bit grateful that we live in the UK where help is better than people in...

<t>It would be great to live within a system where aggression was never needed. Unfortunately the system treats carers with such contempt that people feel the only way to get listened to is to shout louder than the person next to you.<br/> <br/> I have seen it work in practice-where people have ente...

<t>There comes a time after years of being polite and getting nowhere you get desperate and politeness goes out the window.<br/> <br/> Believe it or not some people are so desperate because of their caring role anger and aggression is the only thing left to them, if you've not been there you can't k...

<t>Hi Marie<br/> Sorry you've had a lousy Christmas-but then, to carers, it's just another day in the year long struggle.<br/> I agree with you about the home, because though we keep being told there are some good ones out there ,I have yet to find one. <br/> I feel it's people like your family who ...

Right on George--the watershed for sex, swearing and violence is 9 pm- the watershed for anything to do with carers is 6am-that way they make sure nobody sees it