tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194975192421760189.post194259626589175681..comments2021-08-14T12:09:48.956+01:00Comments on Dealing With The Day: Oops! Neglected The Blog...So Here's What I Did During Carers Week...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00975091527791342814noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194975192421760189.post-65184439704463948082010-06-21T15:10:33.676+01:002010-06-21T15:10:33.676+01:00Hi, CJ
Ooh, don't get me started on the benefi...Hi, CJ<br />Ooh, don't get me started on the benefit system for carers. I'm probably going to start using Direct Payments to get some sort of continuity of care for Sarah, but I can't use family members who know her and her needs and are ideally suited for the job. A lady I met last week is having to pay back over £3,000 because she had her daughter look after her husband, the girls dad, while the person she employed took paid sick leave! What amazes me is that the various arms of social services and welfare benefits seem unable to communicate with each other. Heaven help us now that we have a government that is ideologically opposed to a welfare state.<br />Irene xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975091527791342814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194975192421760189.post-72693772754029616932010-06-21T10:36:31.596+01:002010-06-21T10:36:31.596+01:00Carers; they work their butts off and get little r...Carers; they work their butts off and get little reward. Unless the work is for their offspring of course, which in my case, it is. The rewards I get are priceless. I used to get carers allowance until they decided that I earn too much! On paper. A pound over the allowed amount and they made me pay back £1,300 last year. The system is dispicable and doesn't help carers at all in my view.<br /><br />CJ xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com