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In its 50th anniversary year, Carers UK is celebrating the achievements of Emily Holzhausen, its Director of Policy and Public Affairs, who has been awarded an OBE for services to carers in the Queen's birthday honours list for 2015.
Carers UK and Buddi team up to offer discounted personal emergency service.
In a bid to support the UK’s 6.5 million unpaid carers and the older, disabled or ill loved ones they care for, technology company Buddi has teamed up with Carers UK to offer a huge discount on their 24-hour personal emergency monitoring service that enables people to live more independently for longer.
Responding to this year’s ADASS budget survey Heléna Herklots, Chief Executive of Carers UK, said:
As charity Carers UK publishes new research showing the impact of caring on those looking after a disabled, older or seriously-ill loved one, carers call for an urgent increase in support to be a priority for the new Government.
Carers UK Chief Executive Heléna Herklots responds to the General Election 2015.
Older people are struggling through their later years caring for a loved one in increasing numbers according to a new report published today, with figures showing the number of carers aged 85 and over in England has risen by a staggering 128% in ten years to over 87,000.
A new collection of poetry and short stories reveals the highs and lows of caring for a loved one as charity Carers UK publishes an anthology largely written by carers and former carers on the theme of ‘family, friends and carers’.
Landmark new rights for families caring for loved ones from 1 April 2015
As landmark new rights for families who care for someone who is older or has a disability or illness come into effect, Carers UK is calling for enough funding to be put in place to make the new rights a reality for families.
More understanding of caring is needed within the workplace as new research shows that 7 in 10 working carers have felt lonely or isolated at work as a result of their caring responsibilities for older, seriously ill, or disabled family members.
Carers UK welcomes today’s report by the International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK) which calls for more support for former carers.
Government has today announced £1.6m of funding for pilot schemes that will look at how technology and support can help carers combine work with caring responsibilities, a recommendation of an Employers for Carers, Carers UK and Government report on how to better support carers to remain in work.
New research[i] by Carers UK reveals that 8 out of 10 carers have felt lonely or isolated as a result of looking after a loved one and over a third feel uncomfortable talking to friends about being a carer.
New research by the charity Carers UK reveals that 10.6 million people will take on a new unpaid caring role for relatives and friends who are sick or disabled over the next five years, but unless changes are made, will be left under-equipped to deal with the challenges of caring.
Today the Government has published the statutory regulations and guidance which accompany the Care Act 2014. We now have the details of how the Act will work in practice including the threshold at which carers and those with care needs will be eligible for support.
Today, on the publication of the new NHS Five Year Forward View, Carers UK warmly welcomes the new vision set out for the NHS. For the first time, it sets out a clear commitment to identify carers better, provide more help for carers in crisis and a new programme of support for NHS employees who also have caring responsibilities.
Carers UK welcomes CQC’s message that it is calling time on the poor quality care that is letting down families, employers and society as a whole.
Carers UK has welcomed the Government announcement that from April 2015 the earnings threshold for Carer's Allowance will be raised to £110 a week.
Carers across the UK are being pushed to the brink – suffering exhaustion, physical and mental breakdown as they struggle to care for older or disabled loved ones.
Carers UK has responded to the publication of the final report by the Barker Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England.
Cuts to social care funding have reached £3.53 billion over the past four years, a survey published today by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) shows.
The extension of working rights is an important step in helping workers to combine caring responsibilities for family members with paid employment, charity Carers UK says.
News stats reinforce need for nation to wake-up to carers needs.
Research reveals crisis of carers struggling without support and huge gaps in national understanding of growing social issue.