Government urged to ‘get a grip’ of carer overpayments issue
The Government must “get a grip of the problem” of overpayments to carers which have led to many unwittingly racking up unmanageable levels of debt, MPs have said. Work and
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Legal entitlement to unpaid leave ‘huge step forward for millions of carers’
A legal entitlement to unpaid leave for carers has been hailed as a “huge step forward for millions” as it comes into effect. Carers UK said the new law will
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Severely depressed carer spared jail over ‘mercy killing’ of elderly mother
A carer who smothered his 89-year-old mother “in an act of mercy” has been spared jail. Kevin Pearce, 60, had looked after dementia and osteoporosis sufferer Eileen Pearce for 10
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First kinship care strategy welcomed despite ‘lacking scale and ambition’
Some kinship carers such as grandparents and siblings are set to be paid an allowance matching foster carers but campaigners said a new overall strategy is lacking the scale, ambition
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Calls for better support for unpaid carers as half report feeling depressed
Quicker and better support is needed to prevent poor mental health among carers, a charity has said as it pointed to large-scale research suggesting that more than three-quarters felt stressed
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Cutbacks in home care amid rising costs leaving family carers ‘completely overwhelmed’
Councils are struggling to meet rising requests for adult social care support and some people are cutting back on their home care amid the cost-of-living crisis while “completely overwhelmed” family
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Most children in kinship care living with at least one grandparent, figures show
Children being cared for by relatives other than their parents is most common in the north-east of England, while grandparents feature in the majority of such arrangements across the country,
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More than quarter of unpaid carers of dementia sufferers ‘worse off financially’
More than a quarter of unpaid carers looking after loved ones with dementia have said they are worse off financially because of their responsibilities, according to a charity which is
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Ministers urged to ‘rocket boost’ fostering to alleviate shortage of carers
Ministers must “rocket boost” fostering to tackle a shortage of carers, the Children’s Commissioner for England has said. Dame Rachel de Souza suggested the Government could learn from its Homes
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Two thirds of carers feel burnt out and need more respite support, says charity
Family carers spend an average of 42 hours a week looking after loved ones and almost two thirds feel exhausted or burnt out, according to new research. National disability charity
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