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Originally Posted by Osem
It has to be said that full time carers not only save the state a fortune but all too often sacrifice their own lives, education, careers etc. to do so and are then left high a dry when their loved one dies or can no longer be cared for at home. Even getting limited respite care can be a big issue and if ever there were a false economy that would be it. |
Couldn't have put it better myself.
When the Cameron Government mooted the scrapping of Carers Allowance to save money, there was uproar (for the very reasons you point out).
It's felt that these meetings are designed to obtain evidence to help with this outstanding aim.
If people think that this is scaremongering etc etc, so be it.
One of my roles is to feed advice on social policy, so I have a lot of public, private and voluntary links. None of them think that this is a good idea.
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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
Richard people on carers allowance have had these talks for years now my wife attends annually and the main point of the meeting has been if there was more that could be done for her. Your op was overly exaggerated bordering on scare mongering and until such time as the government announces changes that's what it will remain.
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This is different to the interviews where Carers are invited to meetings at the local Jobcentre to try to get them into work. I have had reports that some of these 'advisors' have been very good and I'm pleased that your wife was treated well, but this is not always the case.
The contract (link to provider in the initial post) has only just been awarded, so people can expect something to surface on the net or be in the news in the coming months.
Forewarned is forearmed and not scaremongering at all
