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Unpaid carers must be supported by the DWP and councils
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#DWP
#Overpayment
#Work
#CarersAllowance
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#Carers

Unpaid carers must be supported by the DWP and councils
https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/unpaid-carers-support-dwp-councils-care-full/

#DWP
#Overpayment
#Work
#CarersAllowance
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#Carers

Woman, 86, told she no longer has to repay £13,000 in benefits in DWP U-turn | Benefits | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/sep/04/woman-no-longer-repay-benefits-dwp-u-turn-carers-sia-kasparis

#GuardianInvestigation
#Dementia
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#CarersAllowance
#PensionCredit
#SevereDisabilityPremium
#DWP
#Kendall

Northern women forced to provide £10bn in unpaid care a year due to hole in NHS provision | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/unpaid-care-northern-women-more-b2605758.html

#NHS
#NHSCrisis
#Carers
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#HealthEquityNorth
#InformalCare
#Disabled
#LongTermSick
#ChronicallyIll
#NHSServices
#NorthernEngland
#Women
#BenefitCuts
#PublicHealthFunding
#Funding
#NorthSouthDivide

Unpaid carer says DWP’s fraud prosecution threat was ‘like blackmail’ | Carers | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/19/unpaid-carer-dwp-prosecution-threat-like-blackmail

#DWP
#Fraud
#WronglyAccused
#WrongfullyAccused
#CPS
#AccidentalBreachOfEarningsRules
#CarersAllowance
#Carers
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#FinancialHardship
#WeCareCampaign
#DWPLettingTheOverpaymentBuildUp
#Court

What pushes unpaid carers into poverty? - Understanding Society
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2024/08/07/what-pushes-unpaid-carers-into-poverty/

#Carers
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#Poverty
#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#JRF
#PaidWork
#ReductionInHouseholdEarnings
#Benefits

The shrunken state expects families to fill the voids in health and social care. Woe betide those without children | Gaby Hinsliff | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/09/families-health-social-care-children-hospital

#FamilyCarers
#UnpaidCarers
#Carers
#SocialCare
#Health
#AgeingParents
#Elderly
#CutsToServices
#FundingCuts

Carer’s allowance report a vivid insight into failings of an unfit system | Carers | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/16/carers-allowance-report-a-vivid-insight-into-failings-of-an-unfit-system

#Carers
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#CarersAllowance
#DWP
#WorkingCarers
#Insensitive
#ForcedOutOfWork

DWP: unpaid carers are unsung heros.
BBC Newsnight

Yeah right. They think carers & those they carer for should just drop dead.

#BBC
#Newsnight
#BBCNewsnight
#Carers
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#DWP

BBC iPlayer - Newsnight - Unpaid Carers Asked to Repay Benefits
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001z9vh/newsnight-unpaid-carers-asked-to-repay-benefits

#Newsnight
#BBC
#BBCNewsnight
#Carers
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#CarersAllowance
#Overpayment

Ministers pledge to publish long-buried study into impact of fines on carers | Carers | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/24/ministers-pledge-publish-long-buried-study-impact-fines-carers-uk

#StudyIntoImpactOfFinesOnCarers
#Carers
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#DWP
#CarersAllowance
#Overpayment

UK government dementia adviser resigns over prosecutions of carers | Carers | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/23/rishi-sunak-dementia-adviser-resigns-over-treatment-of-unpaid-carers

#Dementia
#DementiaAdviser
#GovDementiaAdviser
#Carers
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#DWP
#Prosecutions

The Guardian view on unpaid care: time to heed Kate and Derek’s story
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/the-guardian-view-on-unpaid-care-time-to-heed-kate-and-derek-s-story/ar-BB1kDYDs?cvid=93b368a632b140c9a20f90933d06b9b2&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=7

#Carers
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#CarersAllowance
#NHSCrisis

‘Part of you dies as well’: the toll of caring for loved ones with dementia
#Dementia
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/08/toll-of-caring-for-loved-ones-with-dementia-alzheimers?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Uncertainties about stopping or reducing antipsychotics as shared by families
https://www.nationalelfservice.net/?p=167054

Amelia Talbot considers a qualitative study that explores family members’ perspectives on reducing or discontinuing antipsychotic medication.

#Antipsychotics #Psychosis #Schizophrenia #Medication #QualitativeResearch #FamilyCarers

To all #FamilyCarers, we hear you💙

🔹We advise that EU countries put in place quality long-term community-based assistance services.

🔹We call for support to employers promoting flexible working arrangements & fringe benefits for family caregivers.

ℹ️ http://europa.eu/!QTnrKg

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_EESC/status/1585290962477219841