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• Family carers in UK at breaking point as coronavirus closes support services

  23-04-2020 19:15
  
  Charities call for increase to carer’s allowance after studies find most are looking after loved ones around the clockFamily carers whose support services have been closed or reduced during the coronavirus crisis are overwhelmed and close to burnout, two studies have found.One, by the national charity Carers UK of nearly 5,000 unpaid family carers, found that reduced care and support services had left many families with no choice but to care around the clock for loved ones with complex hea
  
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• Family carers at breaking point as coronavirus closes UK support services

  23-04-2020 19:15
  
  Charities call for increase to carer’s allowance after new studies find most looking after loved ones around the clockFamily carers whose support services have been closed or reduced during the coronavirus crisis are overwhelmed and close to burnout, two new studies have found.One, by the national charity Carers UK of nearly 5,000 unpaid family carers, found that reduced care and support services have left many families with no choice but to care around the clock for loved ones with comple
  
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• Aylesbury’s local Community Hub shows kindness in action

  23-04-2020 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Local councillors have joined volunteers to help the work of Aylesbury’s local Community Hub – one of eight around the county providing support to vulnerable and older people. Aylesbury’s Hub has matched more than 600 registered ‘shielded’ residents with volunteers to help with food shopping, medication collection, dog walking, hospital transport, and befriending. On Friday […]
  
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• Social care providers must cherish our greatest resource

  23-04-2020 09:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  Care England, a representative body for independent providers of adult social care wants to ensure the wellbeing of adult social care staff as they are our biggest resource.  The report published today by IPPR, Fit for Carers, for example reflects on the implications the Covid-19 crisis has had upon the of wellbeing of the social […]
  
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• Community comes together with donations for Cambridge’s most vulnerable residents

  23-04-2020 08:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Cambridgeshire community has rallied around its most vulnerable residents, with a number of businesses and individuals donating thoughtful gifts to support people during lockdown throughout CHS Group’s wide range of services.   CHS Group is a charitable housing association and social enterprise that aims to improve the lives of those in most need of […]
  
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• Care home’s spirits lifted as staff create hair salon

  23-04-2020 07:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  With the hairdresser unable to visit due to the ongoing pandemic, activity staff at Barnes Lodge Care Home in Tonbridge opened ‘Roll Your Own’ salon to residents last week, so they could still get their hair done.   With residents missing their regular restyles, social activities facilitators, Kay Hawkins and Debbie Long took over the […]
  
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