#carers — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #carers, aggregated by home.social.
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Carer’s allowance scandal victims could wait until 2054 for justice, charities warn
By Patrick Butler Social policy editorCampaigners say at current glacial pace some unpaid carers will die before receiving a refund
#Carersallowance #Carers #Society #UKnews #Politics #Statebenefits #TheGuardian #PatrickButlerSocialpolicyeditor
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Carer’s allowance scandal victims could wait until 2054 for justice, charities warn https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/13/carers-allowance-scandal-victims-could-wait-until-2054-for-justice-charities-warn #CarersAllowance #Carers #Society #UkNews #Politics #StateBenefits
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Caregiver creep: how helping elderly relatives can snowball into a full-time job
By Laura HouseAssisting an ageing loved one can start with small tasks but may lead to full-time caregiving that requires more support
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2026/aug/31/caregiver-creep-caring-elderly-relatives
#Wellactually #Ageing #Carers #Health #Socialcare #Society #TheGuardian #LauraHouse
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Family of NDIS client who died after serious neglect shares heartbreak
By Bethanie AldersonThe 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.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-24/ann-marie-smith-family-suffer-heartbreak-daily/107071054
#Courts #PeopleWithDisability #SupportServices #Carers #BethanieAlderson
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/653037/ How to navigate sex and intimacy when dementia changes a relationship #AlzheimerSocietyOfCanada #Alzheimer'sSociety #AmandaPang #carers #dementia #DementiaUK #Éire #EvercareHealth #Health #HongKong #HowToAgeWell #IE #intimacy #IntimacyInDementia #IntimacyWithAPartnerWithDementia #Ireland #MayoClinic #NathalieHuitema #NationalInstituteOnAging #PhysicalIntimacy #Sex #SexualExpression #Sexuality #US
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📑 JOB VACANCY
#ResearchFellow post within the Economic and Social Research Council-funded Connecting Generations programme.
Examining fuller #workinglives and #care provision for individuals in later life in the UK and internationally.
📨 Apply by 11 April: https://jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=3043625CC
#carers #socialcare #ageing #gerontology #southampton #JobVacancy #JobOpportunity
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'Ministers are clawing back more than £250m from #UnpaidCarers over #BenefitInfringements that occurred largely as a result of #GovernmentFailures'
'...a successions of ministers have failed to fix the problem, leaving tens of thousands of unpaid carers – who save the UK £160bn a year and help prop up #NHS and #SocialCare services – in financial hardship while they repay the debt'
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/18/ministers-clawing-back-251m-carers-dwp-allowance-failures
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryFailure #ToryInhumanity #Carers -
Scrap plans to scan accounts of benefit claimants or risk new scandal, MPs told | Benefits | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/04/ministers-urged-to-scrap-plans-for-surveillance-of-benefit-claimants-bank-accounts#Benefits
#BankAccountChecks
#BankAccounts
#Scandal
#MPs
#DWP
#AutomatedChecks
#Automation
#DisabilityRightsUK
#BigBrotherWatch
#DisabilityRights
#Carers
#CarersRights
#Disabled
#Pensioners
#CriminalByDefault
#DataProtectionAndDigitalInformationBill
#ChildPovertyAction
#Mind
#AgeUK
#ErrorsInBenefitsTopUps
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My daughter got life-threatening cancer and I lost my job as a result | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/cancer-leukaemia-parents-employment-rights-b2402417.html#Carers
#Cancer
#WorkersRights
#CarersRights
#SickKids
#FlexibleWorking
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I'm feeling very lucky at the moment. My instance @mastodon.au have increased us to 2000 characters.
I believe every group of living beings should have a collective noun.
Please add your thoughts as they occur and see if you can assist my #gofundme
My first thoughts are:
A #riot of #environmental #activists.
A #shitfight of #politicians.
A #vadge of female #mining #magnates.
A #destruction of #coal #miners
A #cacaphony of mall #shoppers.
A #misery of #wildlife #carers.
A #fuckup of #farmers
A #quietly of #librarians
A #fuckyou of #police #officers
A #murder of #Adelaide #Crows #FansGive a chance to #Australia's #kangaroos before our #environmentally #destructive #fharmers and/or #farmers kill them all.