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#carers — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #carers, aggregated by home.social.

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. #DWP’s unchecked database leaves tens of thousands of #carers at risk of #debt

    The #DepartmentForWorkAndPensions (DWP) has been accused of “burying its head in the sand” after it emerged ministers put in place only enough staff to check half of the alerts it receives when unpaid carers’ benefits are deemed “#overpayments”.
    theguardian.com/society/articl
    #ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingCivilService #TheCrueltyIsThePoint

  6. CW: Long Covid Awareness Day, family, mutual aid, radical collective care

    Also, really wanted to say on #LongCovidAwarenessDay how grateful I am for my amazing partner who cares for me and supports me, unconditionally, so much on a day to day basis; I am not sure what I would do without them. I also am lucky to have a few close family members, some who have always been supportive and then others who seem to be responding positively to my change in approach of being a stronger advocate for myself and my illness. Again, I am really thankful for how much of a positive impact the online community has had on me with this. Importantly, this also relates into the need for radical intersectional praxis regarding Mutual Aid e.g. Mask Blocs, creating and sharing resources with each other, and building communal care collectives that foster new, healthier, solidarity framed relationships, resisting state violence collectively, rather than having to be 'lucky' enough to have people close to you, especially family, there for us.

    #LongCovid #MECFS #CommunalCare #Care #Carers #AbolishFamily #MaskBlocs #MutualAid #ChronicIllness #Disability #DisabilityActivism #CovidIsNotOver #Covid #MaskUp