Wishing everyone and their families a very Merry Christmas.Hope you have a wonderful day
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25
Dec
09
Merry Christmas
For those that have gone before us – we Remember you.
02
Dec
09
Early Christmas
Looking forward to next week.Confirmed my place with George and going to the Veterans’ Christmas party. To listen to all those stories from the ladies attending it, will be great.
30
Nov
09
Twists and turns
Some months ago I joined a PRTC hosted chat, which Stephen O’Brien attended.Afterwards several emails were exchanged with him, and just this morning received another reply. At same time I was thinking of questions to submit to him via PRTC.
29
Nov
09
Christmas has come early
Eldest daughter home from Dublin for the weekend,not coming back until end of Jan 2010, so has requested a Christmas dinner today with all the trimmings. Seems weird to be setting table with the decorations/crackers etc.
28
Nov
09
Friends made online
I have sat this morning thinking about the many friends I have made online,the people I have come in to contact with.Some have been due to giving/receiving support,others have been due to campaigning together for a better deal for carers/disabled.
There are many others that I am grateful came in to my life too for different reasons.The names themselves are not important as you all know who you are, but the friendship you have given unreservedly has been much appreciated.
Many names have gone now,increased demands on their time meant less time for computers. Many have lost loved ones they cared for.
However, the numbers do not diminish, they are in fact increasing daily.
27
Nov
09
Personal Care at Home Bill
Not everyone with critical care needs would receive free personal care at home under the government’s Personal Care at Home Bill, published today. Click link below
Free home care plan to exclude some with critical need
The Personal Care at Home Bill will help around 400,000 people with the highest care needs. It guarantees free personal care for 280,000 people – including those with serious dementia or Parkinson’s disease – and, will also help around 130,000 people who need home care for the first time to regain their independence.
Wilson Room
Meeting started at
Witnesses
Age Concern and Help the Aged, Counsel and Care, and Alzheimer Society Mencap, Mind, Multiple Sclerosis Society, and Carers UK
25
Nov
09
No way to run a care service
The council has a duty of care. It cannot pass this duty over to those who seek to make a profit from caring and feel that its duty has been met.
Why are our councillors being taken in by all the talk of independence and choice? Can they not see the difference between independence and being abandoned? Between choice and bewilderment?
24
Nov
09
Peter Beresford
Yet again another great article from Peter Beresford on Community Care site.
Adult social care green paper is just another dead parrot
We don’t have details about how the Queen’s Speech proposal on free personal care is to be paid for. What we do know is that it will have significant cost implications and in one way or another funding will have to be found from general taxation.
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