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Unpaid carers can’t keep on plugging gaps

February 22, 2016 by Jules Stanbridge Leave a Comment

Unpaid carers can’t keep on plugging gaps in the NHS and social care, writes Paul Burstow in The Guardian.

It is plain is that the tone of the debate about the role of unpaid carers needs to change. Research has underlined how badly this is needed. Moved to Care took a look at the implications of UK migration policy for the future care workforce. Its stark conclusion is that there will be a shortfall of 200,000 people needed to meet the care of a larger older and more frail population. And Horizon 2035: Future Demand for Skills, found that demand for health and care skills could grow more than twice as fast as overall population growth by 2035.

Add to that the result of a poll for the Astellas Innovation Debate, which found that 52% of the public do not have confidence that the government will provide them with high-quality social care in later life, and the picture is stark. There is an enormous and expanding gap between demand and provision.

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Filed Under: advocacy, benefits, better care, care act, children, disability, drugs and alcohol, elderly, emotional support, have your say, learning disability, mental health, money, NHS, older people, parent carers, social care, welfare, young carers Tagged With: Care Act, Carers Support Wiltshire

New guide to ensure young adult and young carers know their rights

November 17, 2015 by Jules Stanbridge Leave a Comment

The UK’s largest charity for unpaid carers has released a unique guide for young adult and young carers in England explaining their rights to assessment and support with their caring role.
The new publication by Carers Trust, entitled ‘Know Your Rights: Support for Young Carers and Young Adult carers in England’ has been developed in conjunction with young carers and young adult carers, aiming to encourage those caring for a sick or disabled family member or friend to take matters into their own hands to ensure they receive the right assessment and support from their local authority.
The Know Your Rights guide comes from the charity as a response to the worryingly low number of young carers who received an assessment of their needs under previous legislation – only 22% - according to Carers Trust’s research.
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Filed Under: children, education, emotional support, young carers

Young carers go down to the woods

November 3, 2015 by Jules Stanbridge Leave a Comment

Young Adult Carers with Wiltshire Wildlife Trust

A taste of the woods was on the menu for a group of young adult carers when they picnicked with Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.

The picnic and woodland craft event, held at Green Lane Wood in Trowbridge, was the first in a programme for the young adult carers – YACs – organised by WWT, and funded through the Trust’s Heritage Lottery Funding grant.

The six YACs who went along are all carers, often for siblings or parents, and the programme is designed to give them a break from their role as a carer.

They collected wood and built their own fire, roasted jacket potatoes for a picnic, and learnt willow weaving skills. The day was rounded off with a manhunt, where they let their hair down and ran about the woods.

“The idea of the programme is to give the young carers some woodland skills but also the chance to have some fun,” said Andrea James, young adult carer support worker with the charity Carer Support Wiltshire. “It went really well, they all had a great time and are now looking forward to the next woodland day.”

Amy Blount, activities coordinator for the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust’s Lottery-funded project Wild Connections, said as well as the YAC programme, the project was supporting groups ranging from elderly people, to veterans, to community groups.

She said: “The young adult carers clearly had a great time and we’re looking forward to working with them over the next few months.”

 

 

 

Filed Under: children, education, emotional support, wiltshire, young carers

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