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  1. Could this radical idea transform social care in the UK? | Letters
    By Guardian Staff

    Readers respond to Paul Sagar’s article suggesting a ‘Care First’ year for students in exchange for 50% off university fees

    theguardian.com/society/2026/s

    #Socialcare #Society #AndyBurnham #Politics #Welfare #Carers #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

  2. Could this radical idea transform social care in the UK? | Letters
    By Guardian Staff

    Readers respond to Paul Sagar’s article suggesting a ‘Care First’ year for students in exchange for 50% off university fees

    theguardian.com/society/2026/s

    #Socialcare #Society #AndyBurnham #Politics #Welfare #Carers #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

  3. Could this radical idea transform social care in the UK? | Letters
    By Guardian Staff

    Readers respond to Paul Sagar’s article suggesting a ‘Care First’ year for students in exchange for 50% off university fees

    theguardian.com/society/2026/s

    #Socialcare #Society #AndyBurnham #Politics #Welfare #Carers #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

  4. Caregiver creep: how helping elderly relatives can snowball into a full-time job
    By Laura House

    Assisting an ageing loved one can start with small tasks but may lead to full-time caregiving that requires more support

    theguardian.com/wellness/2026/

    #Wellactually #Ageing #Carers #Health #Socialcare #Society #TheGuardian #LauraHouse

  5. Caregiver creep: how helping elderly relatives can snowball into a full-time job
    By Laura House

    Assisting an ageing loved one can start with small tasks but may lead to full-time caregiving that requires more support

    theguardian.com/wellness/2026/

    #Wellactually #Ageing #Carers #Health #Socialcare #Society #TheGuardian #LauraHouse

  6. Caregiver creep: how helping elderly relatives can snowball into a full-time job
    By Laura House

    Assisting an ageing loved one can start with small tasks but may lead to full-time caregiving that requires more support

    theguardian.com/wellness/2026/

    #Wellactually #Ageing #Carers #Health #Socialcare #Society #TheGuardian #LauraHouse

  7. Family of NDIS client who died after serious neglect shares heartbreak
    By Bethanie Alderson

    The uncle of Adelaide woman Ann Marie Smith, who died from severe neglect, has told a court he hopes his nightmares "frequent" the directors of her former NDIS provider.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-24/ann

    #Courts #PeopleWithDisability #SupportServices #Carers #BethanieAlderson

  8. Family of NDIS client who died after serious neglect shares heartbreak
    By Bethanie Alderson

    The uncle of Adelaide woman Ann Marie Smith, who died from severe neglect, has told a court he hopes his nightmares "frequent" the directors of her former NDIS provider.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-24/ann

    #Courts #PeopleWithDisability #SupportServices #Carers #BethanieAlderson

  9. Family of NDIS client who died after serious neglect shares heartbreak
    By Bethanie Alderson

    The uncle of Adelaide woman Ann Marie Smith, who died from severe neglect, has told a court he hopes his nightmares "frequent" the directors of her former NDIS provider.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-24/ann

    #Courts #PeopleWithDisability #SupportServices #Carers #BethanieAlderson

  10. Family of NDIS client who died after serious neglect shares heartbreak
    By Bethanie Alderson

    The uncle of Adelaide woman Ann Marie Smith, who died from severe neglect, has told a court he hopes his nightmares "frequent" the directors of her former NDIS provider.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-24/ann

    #Courts #PeopleWithDisability #SupportServices #Carers #BethanieAlderson

  11. Family of NDIS client who died after serious neglect shares heartbreak
    By Bethanie Alderson

    The uncle of Adelaide woman Ann Marie Smith, who died from severe neglect, has told a court he hopes his nightmares "frequent" the directors of her former NDIS provider.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-24/ann

    #Courts #PeopleWithDisability #SupportServices #Carers #BethanieAlderson

  12. Why can't clinicians override inaccurate algorithm decisions?
    By Anne Connolly

    If the government wants a true indication of the level of feeling in the community, perhaps it should read the thousands of comments on Facebook where discussions about the algorithm, long waitlists, and people dying are growing by the day.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-23/ind

    #AgedCare #GovernmentandPolitics #FederalGovernment #RoyalCommissions #Health #CommunityandSociety #OlderPeople #Carers #LawCrimeandJustice #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #AnneConnolly

  13. Why can't clinicians override inaccurate algorithm decisions?
    By Anne Connolly

    If the government wants a true indication of the level of feeling in the community, perhaps it should read the thousands of comments on Facebook where discussions about the algorithm, long waitlists, and people dying are growing by the day.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-23/ind

    #AgedCare #GovernmentandPolitics #FederalGovernment #RoyalCommissions #Health #CommunityandSociety #OlderPeople #Carers #LawCrimeandJustice #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #AnneConnolly

  14. Why can't clinicians override inaccurate algorithm decisions?
    By Anne Connolly

    If the government wants a true indication of the level of feeling in the community, perhaps it should read the thousands of comments on Facebook where discussions about the algorithm, long waitlists, and people dying are growing by the day.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-23/ind

    #AgedCare #GovernmentandPolitics #FederalGovernment #RoyalCommissions #Health #CommunityandSociety #OlderPeople #Carers #LawCrimeandJustice #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #AnneConnolly

  15. Why can't clinicians override inaccurate algorithm decisions?
    By Anne Connolly

    If the government wants a true indication of the level of feeling in the community, perhaps it should read the thousands of comments on Facebook where discussions about the algorithm, long waitlists, and people dying are growing by the day.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-23/ind

    #AgedCare #GovernmentandPolitics #FederalGovernment #RoyalCommissions #Health #CommunityandSociety #OlderPeople #Carers #LawCrimeandJustice #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #AnneConnolly

  16. Why can't clinicians override inaccurate algorithm decisions?
    By Anne Connolly

    If the government wants a true indication of the level of feeling in the community, perhaps it should read the thousands of comments on Facebook where discussions about the algorithm, long waitlists, and people dying are growing by the day.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-23/ind

    #AgedCare #GovernmentandPolitics #FederalGovernment #RoyalCommissions #Health #CommunityandSociety #OlderPeople #Carers #LawCrimeandJustice #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #AnneConnolly

  17. Jeremy Vine steps down from presenting role after furious backlash – London Evening Standard

    Jeremy Vine steps down from presenting role after furious backlash  London Evening StandardJeremy Vine steps down as Carers UK…
    #NewsBeep #News #Entertainment #BBCRadio2 #carers #Disability #GB #JeremyVine #UK #UnitedKingdom #Welfare
    newsbeep.com/uk/745894/

  18. Additional grandparenting admin accomplished in the last 10 days...

    Organised initial appointments for the wee one for:
    OT
    Speechie
    ADHD/Autism

    Teams meetings with:
    OT
    Kinship assessment

    Phoned Centrelink:
    Child Care Subsidy has the 3yo attending primary school??? (different rate) - now fixed

    Emailing CYF multiple times to keep them updated as required

    #Grandparenting #Admin #Carers

  19. Additional grandparenting admin accomplished in the last 10 days...

    Organised initial appointments for the wee one for:
    OT
    Speechie
    ADHD/Autism

    Teams meetings with:
    OT
    Kinship assessment

    Phoned Centrelink:
    Child Care Subsidy has the 3yo attending primary school??? (different rate) - now fixed

    Emailing CYF multiple times to keep them updated as required

    #Grandparenting #Admin #Carers

  20. Additional grandparenting admin accomplished in the last 10 days...

    Organised initial appointments for the wee one for:
    OT
    Speechie
    ADHD/Autism

    Teams meetings with:
    OT
    Kinship assessment

    Phoned Centrelink:
    Child Care Subsidy has the 3yo attending primary school??? (different rate) - now fixed

    Emailing CYF multiple times to keep them updated as required

    #Grandparenting #Admin #Carers

  21. Additional grandparenting admin accomplished in the last 10 days...

    Organised initial appointments for the wee one for:
    OT
    Speechie
    ADHD/Autism

    Teams meetings with:
    OT
    Kinship assessment

    Phoned Centrelink:
    Child Care Subsidy has the 3yo attending primary school??? (different rate) - now fixed

    Emailing CYF multiple times to keep them updated as required

    #Grandparenting #Admin #Carers

  22. Additional grandparenting admin accomplished in the last 10 days...

    Organised initial appointments for the wee one for:
    OT
    Speechie
    ADHD/Autism

    Teams meetings with:
    OT
    Kinship assessment

    Phoned Centrelink:
    Child Care Subsidy has the 3yo attending primary school??? (different rate) - now fixed

    Emailing CYF multiple times to keep them updated as required

    #Grandparenting #Admin #Carers

  23. When the government know every detail of your personal living situation and then weaponise that to drive you into extreme financial hardship during climate and cost of living crisis. I mean how many people truly see this post?! #Carers #Disabled

  24. When the government know every detail of your personal living situation and then weaponise that to drive you into extreme financial hardship during climate and cost of living crisis. I mean how many people truly see this post?! #Carers #Disabled

  25. When the government know every detail of your personal living situation and then weaponise that to drive you into extreme financial hardship during climate and cost of living crisis. I mean how many people truly see this post?! #Carers #Disabled

  26. When the government know every detail of your personal living situation and then weaponise that to drive you into extreme financial hardship during climate and cost of living crisis. I mean how many people truly see this post?! #Carers #Disabled

  27. When the government know every detail of your personal living situation and then weaponise that to drive you into extreme financial hardship during climate and cost of living crisis. I mean how many people truly see this post?! #Carers #Disabled

  28. Government is ‘ignoring our reality,’ says unpaid carer from Winchmore Hill

    Mary Griffin-Porter has spent 44 years as a full-time carer for her son and has now launched a…
    #London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Enfield #Adultsocialcare #carers #Government #petition #WinchmoreHill
    europesays.com/gbr/london/1143

  29. I’m discovering how hard it is for my immigrant parents to grow old in Britain

    It’s Eid and I’m sitting at the dinner table. My parents have rustled up a feast and I’m…
    #EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #Ageing #Carers #Family #Migrants #Parenting #parents
    europesays.com/britain/101961/

  30. Criminal neglect charges dropped against NDIS provider's directors over client's death
    By Eva Blandis

    Criminal neglect offences have been dropped against the directors of a former NDIS provider Integrity Care charged over the death of their client Ann Marie Smith.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/int

    #Courts #Carers #Disabilities #SupportServices #EvaBlandis

  31. Criminal neglect charges dropped against NDIS provider's directors over client's death
    By Eva Blandis

    Criminal neglect offences have been dropped against the directors of a former NDIS provider Integrity Care charged over the death of their client Ann Marie Smith.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/int

    #Courts #Carers #Disabilities #SupportServices #EvaBlandis

  32. Criminal neglect charges dropped against NDIS provider's directors over client's death
    By Eva Blandis

    Criminal neglect offences have been dropped against the directors of a former NDIS provider Integrity Care charged over the death of their client Ann Marie Smith.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/int

    #Courts #Carers #Disabilities #SupportServices #EvaBlandis

  33. Criminal neglect charges dropped against NDIS provider's directors over client's death
    By Eva Blandis

    Criminal neglect offences have been dropped against the directors of a former NDIS provider Integrity Care charged over the death of their client Ann Marie Smith.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/int

    #Courts #Carers #Disabilities #SupportServices #EvaBlandis

  34. Criminal neglect charges dropped against NDIS provider's directors over client's death
    By Eva Blandis

    Criminal neglect offences have been dropped against the directors of a former NDIS provider Integrity Care charged over the death of their client Ann Marie Smith.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/int

    #Courts #Carers #Disabilities #SupportServices #EvaBlandis

  35. Matilda in pieces: what one mother’s suicide reveals about the carers broken by the system
    By Josh Halliday

    Parent-carers of disabled children are exposed to chronic levels of extreme stress and often reach crisis point before help is available – then they face a ‘fight for basic support’, experts say. This is Matilda Davis’s story

    theguardian.com/society/ng-int

    #Carers #Socialcare #Parentsandparenting #Disability #Society #Childrenshealth #Mentalhealth #UKnews #TheGuardian #JoshHalliday

  36. Matilda in pieces: what one mother’s suicide reveals about the carers broken by the system
    By Josh Halliday

    Parent-carers of disabled children are exposed to chronic levels of extreme stress and often reach crisis point before help is available – then they face a ‘fight for basic support’, experts say. This is Matilda Davis’s story

    theguardian.com/society/ng-int

    #Carers #Socialcare #Parentsandparenting #Disability #Society #Childrenshealth #Mentalhealth #UKnews #TheGuardian #JoshHalliday

  37. Matilda in pieces: what one mother’s suicide reveals about the carers broken by the system
    By Josh Halliday

    Parent-carers of disabled children are exposed to chronic levels of extreme stress and often reach crisis point before help is available – then they face a ‘fight for basic support’, experts say. This is Matilda Davis’s story

    theguardian.com/society/ng-int

    #Carers #Socialcare #Parentsandparenting #Disability #Society #Childrenshealth #Mentalhealth #UKnews #TheGuardian #JoshHalliday

  38. Yarning circles raise concerns about repetition of Stolen Generations
    By Jodie Hamilton

    A research project is using yarning circles to hear community-based solutions to the rising number of Aboriginal children in child protection.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-11/sol

    #Children #ChildAbuse #ParentingChildren #Welfare #IndigenousCulture #Carers #JodieHamilton

  39. Yarning circles raise concerns about repetition of Stolen Generations
    By Jodie Hamilton

    A research project is using yarning circles to hear community-based solutions to the rising number of Aboriginal children in child protection.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-11/sol

    #Children #ChildAbuse #ParentingChildren #Welfare #IndigenousCulture #Carers #JodieHamilton

  40. Yarning circles raise concerns about repetition of Stolen Generations
    By Jodie Hamilton

    A research project is using yarning circles to hear community-based solutions to the rising number of Aboriginal children in child protection.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-11/sol

    #Children #ChildAbuse #ParentingChildren #Welfare #IndigenousCulture #Carers #JodieHamilton

  41. Yarning circles raise concerns about repetition of Stolen Generations
    By Jodie Hamilton

    A research project is using yarning circles to hear community-based solutions to the rising number of Aboriginal children in child protection.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-11/sol

    #Children #ChildAbuse #ParentingChildren #Welfare #IndigenousCulture #Carers #JodieHamilton

  42. Yarning circles raise concerns about repetition of Stolen Generations
    By Jodie Hamilton

    A research project is using yarning circles to hear community-based solutions to the rising number of Aboriginal children in child protection.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-11/sol

    #Children #ChildAbuse #ParentingChildren #Welfare #IndigenousCulture #Carers #JodieHamilton

  43. What if older people refuse help outside the family? This is the taboo that could wreck care reform | Emily Kenway
    By Emily Kenway

    Many fear losing their independence if they agree to care workers looking after them. Any social care review must take this on board

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Carers #Careworkers #Socialcare #Ageing #Society #UKnews #TheGuardian #EmilyKenway

  44. What if older people refuse help outside the family? This is the taboo that could wreck care reform | Emily Kenway
    By Emily Kenway

    Many fear losing their independence if they agree to care workers looking after them. Any social care review must take this on board

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Carers #Careworkers #Socialcare #Ageing #Society #UKnews #TheGuardian #EmilyKenway

  45. What if older people refuse help outside the family? This is the taboo that could wreck care reform | Emily Kenway
    By Emily Kenway

    Many fear losing their independence if they agree to care workers looking after them. Any social care review must take this on board

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Carers #Careworkers #Socialcare #Ageing #Society #UKnews #TheGuardian #EmilyKenway

  46. Family calls for aged care system overhaul after struggling to find facility for mother with dementia

    Valma Cupitt is the cherished matriarch of four generations of her family. But when the 86-year-old’s husband and…
    #Australia #ACT #agedcare #application #AU #Austrlia #beds #canberra #Carers #complex #death #elderly #funding #health #system #universalsystem
    europesays.com/australia/58501/

  47. Family shocked by aged care system's complexity demands overhaul
    By Adrienne Francis

    Val Cupitt's family are calling for a more streamlined system to apply for aged care, after spending months navigating it to find her a place to call home.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-07-26/fam

    #AgedCare #Carers #OlderPeople #AdrienneFrancis