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Originally Posted by Kayleigh  I work as a home-carer. You have probably heard on the news that services are being taken away from the elderly. What they are not telling you is that the service for long-term council care in the community is being axed. The only service available will be short-term and special needs dementure care. START( Short Term Assessment and Rehabilitation Teams). Cares will be sent into someone who has just come out if hospital for about a two to six week period.
The elderly all over the country are faced with not being cared for in their own homes. Care packages that are in place have been withdrawn on a days notice others have been switched to private agencies who cannot cope with demand. So lots of vulnerable people will be without the care they need and deserve.
I am going to be made redundant very soon as one of my service users informed me.  Not my Office..
I think the general public should know what is going on as I am sure a lot of you have elderly relatives. Both my parents have died now but I feel for the people this will affect.. |
It's appalls me how the elderly are treated in this country. I currently look after an old friend of my late grandad's who has one leg, dialysis three days a week and is becoming increasingly confused with the world around him.
Since he recently went over to 'private' home care, it has become so much more difficult. Basically they aren't very good! They must really dislike me as I am forever leaving them notes to remind them to do the jobs that the corporation home carers used to do! I shouldn't have to do this.
The local N.H.S are no good either. Because of his increasing forgetfulness, he keeps missing hospital appointments and when I try to re-arrange them they just put him to the back of the queue again and tell me it's his own fault as he's a frequent non attender (should his home care be keeping on top of these appointments and reminding him?). When I tell them he is confused, they still try to fob me off and I end up losing my rag (which admittedly doesn't help the situation either).
I have toyed with the idea of a career change, to work in some capacity to help the elderly (I don't know what capacities exist though really), but I suppose with all sorts of cuts, I doubt there will be much opportunity to do that.
You have my sympathies Kayleigh. I hope things improve.
Regards, Chris