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Articles, News and Case Histories Feel free to print out the full versions for your personal use © June Jones of Caring Support at Home |
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What is Care?
~ Care after a hospital stay In a hospital or nursing homes, it is meant to be a large part of what nurses do. In a residential homes, it is what carers do. At home it is what family members often do to help someone disadvantaged through disability, illness or age related problems. It is also what home care agencies do. The problem is that publicly funded services and their budgets are stretched so much that it results in staff having to cut corners even with basic care, rushing people or leaving people to cope who deserve better. Many people have horror stories relating to a friend or relative. We are not in the ‘blame game’ but through our work setting up private care for people at home, we have learnt a few things about ‘systems’ and ‘Jargon’ in the NHS and Social Services that could help people make decisions about care at home. Article 1 is being rewritten and updated. See the full article |
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Paying
for Care De-mystified If you are puzzled about what the state provides, or about what your choices are, here is our summary in a nutshell. Whether you are looking for help at home or to move into a residential or nursing home, if you have more than £23,250 in cash and savings, you will have to pay for whatever caring assistance you need. See the full article... Anxiety or panics, confusion or depression are all common symptoms of dementia as well as short term memory loss but there are things you can do to allievate these effects. We all have times when we have forgotten something ~ we feel out of control and the more we panic the less we are likely to remember. We can get back in control but for the person with dementia this is not easy. See the full article... Iris's Story Iris was 93 when we first met her. Her husband had passed away about 7 years ago but had lived in his own home with Iris until the end. Iris wanted to do the same. Her biggest dread was being taken into a residential or nursing home. Iris was unable to walk and, it seemed, unable to bear her own weight standing up. She was in pain much of the time. She had carers coming in four times a day, organised by social services but paid for from her savings. More here... |
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