CAMERON V BROWN = CARE FOR THE ELDERLY
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:09 am
As a lifelong supporter of the Labour party through trade union and local Labour party group since the age of 16 iam now 58 & 3 months iam sad to say that CAMERON has done it re care for the elderly.
I dont know how many times we have had reviews and reports since BLAIR / BROWN have been in power this problem of residential social care for the elderly along with carers who care for their disabled family members within their own home could have and should have been solved at least 5 years ago but as usual they have just flip flopped over what to me is a solvable problem .
Labour cant even make the decission re residential social care the welfare reform green paper is absolute crap it starts off by saying no TAX RISE or NATIONAL INSURANCE RISE to pay for the residential social care we therefore have 3 mad options which are all over priced and along with it the threat of the removal of attendance allowance and with it the posability of the carers allowance being removed -- this is just another talking shop .
The "new national care service" is also under funded 700 million quid to care for some 350-000 patients within their own homes no way will that ever be enough cash for such a scheme if attendance allowance was removed their other scheme yet unnamed and no details available as to what services the elderly disabled would receive in place of the loss of attendance allowance from local authority via the over worked and under staffed social services .
At the moment some 35 - 40% of residents within the residential soial care system owned their own home .
Those who reach the retirement age only 15- 20% will enter residential social care .
David Cameron is quite right to claim that a one off payment of £8-000 would cover this need as if all over 65 did pay into an insurance scheme and only 20-30% did access the fuding the costs would be covered with ease .
The one problem is if all over 65 `s were asked to pay into the scheme those without their own homes may feel a bit hard done by but insurance for all would be a small cost to pay to keep the residential care homes at a high standard many could use part of their attendance allowance to pay for the insurance i have a policy which cost me £20 per month and on death it repays some £7-000 iam sure many insurance premiums would not be that high - and as CAMERON says you may not need insurance as a one off payment could be made .
from as far as i can see their is no mention of the removal of benefits to fund such a scheme the Labour party have iam sad to say yet again been advised by the educated idiots from his front bench .
we will of course have to read the small print but i strongly believe he has his finger on the pulse
I WONDER IF CARERS UK WILL WELCOME THIS SCHEME ONLY TIME WILL TELL.
I dont know how many times we have had reviews and reports since BLAIR / BROWN have been in power this problem of residential social care for the elderly along with carers who care for their disabled family members within their own home could have and should have been solved at least 5 years ago but as usual they have just flip flopped over what to me is a solvable problem .
Labour cant even make the decission re residential social care the welfare reform green paper is absolute crap it starts off by saying no TAX RISE or NATIONAL INSURANCE RISE to pay for the residential social care we therefore have 3 mad options which are all over priced and along with it the threat of the removal of attendance allowance and with it the posability of the carers allowance being removed -- this is just another talking shop .
The "new national care service" is also under funded 700 million quid to care for some 350-000 patients within their own homes no way will that ever be enough cash for such a scheme if attendance allowance was removed their other scheme yet unnamed and no details available as to what services the elderly disabled would receive in place of the loss of attendance allowance from local authority via the over worked and under staffed social services .
At the moment some 35 - 40% of residents within the residential soial care system owned their own home .
Those who reach the retirement age only 15- 20% will enter residential social care .
David Cameron is quite right to claim that a one off payment of £8-000 would cover this need as if all over 65 did pay into an insurance scheme and only 20-30% did access the fuding the costs would be covered with ease .
The one problem is if all over 65 `s were asked to pay into the scheme those without their own homes may feel a bit hard done by but insurance for all would be a small cost to pay to keep the residential care homes at a high standard many could use part of their attendance allowance to pay for the insurance i have a policy which cost me £20 per month and on death it repays some £7-000 iam sure many insurance premiums would not be that high - and as CAMERON says you may not need insurance as a one off payment could be made .
from as far as i can see their is no mention of the removal of benefits to fund such a scheme the Labour party have iam sad to say yet again been advised by the educated idiots from his front bench .
we will of course have to read the small print but i strongly believe he has his finger on the pulse
I WONDER IF CARERS UK WILL WELCOME THIS SCHEME ONLY TIME WILL TELL.