When us disabled were on DLA our Care Component was never taken into account as income nor the enhanced rate of other benefits. Hence I believe all was changed to allow Councils to use said as income. Leaving us with no pennies for extra costs due to said disabilities of which as described in our previous DLA benefit. Us adults between 18 – 65 haven’t a large organisation to battle for us. Adults 65 plus have age concern now age UK. I paid PAYE up until age 35 when I experienced a life changing illness through no fault of my own. ]]>
My mother needs care including for double incontinence and is bedridden while at home. We manage to get out 2 days but she must be hoisted requiring a specialist dementia carer as mum gets very distressed with this.
The council will only fund £12.50p per hour for mums care though they pay their own rapid response team £22.50p per hour and they can’t cope with mums needs.
Whatever happened to the Admiral Nurse scheme.
It was to provide a national standard for dementia care
with all Admiral Nurses being band 5 nhs nurse minimum qualified and having nhs certificates as specialist geriatric care nurses.
Now if you hear of Admiral Nurse it has been turned into a purely assessment and training role to provide those day courses to train carers and give them a training certificate.
£12.50p was the hourly rate mum got way back in 2006 when she had less need and no Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
]]>Agree that the CQC criteria should be expanded to cover adult social care failures with regards applying personal budgets correctly. I contacted them myself recently as many of the issues identified in the article have happened to me and others by East Sussex County Council with cases now lodged with the health and social care ombudsman. I’ve experienced as has others social workers telling you over the phone, who’ve not conducted assessment or even met you, that your budgets are to be cut, even with evidence that needs have not changed or have increased. It’s shocking what vulnerable people are being subjected to.
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This sort of thing is happening across the country – I know councils are under huge financial pressure, but they must obey the law. The present system to obtain legal entitlements of having to go either to the Ombudsman or to court clearly is not working. Councils are doing what they can get away with, and they get away with it more often than not because people do not know their rights. They are also so worn down by their caring roles they do not have the energy to fight.
In my view the CQC should be expanded and empowered to monitor councils compliance with the Care Act, and hold them to account.
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