Older peoples, families and local authorities around the country are looking for leadership and certainty in the question of funding adult social care. Every year the question of funding adult social care becomes more pressing, as pressures on budgets become tighter. The sooner a framework for funding and a timeframe for implementation are agreed, the sooner families and local authorities can plan for the future. Doing nothing is not an option. Share this post: Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Print for later Tell a friend
Author: Sam Mauger
Sam Mauger has been working in the third sector for 14 years, managing partnerships with borough based and regionally based statutory authorities and independent Age Concerns / Age UKs as well as other charitable organisations. She has managed the large scale operational delivery of health and social care in the voluntary sector and has been instrumental in developing consultation with older people to support policy and service delivery development in London.
Time to Care for the Carers
Today’s report about the pressures on unpaid carers presents yet again the huge pressures on carers to underpin the social care system in this country. Unpaid carers need support; they need respite and they need recognition of their own health needs. Often in the day-to-day management of life of the person they care for, their own care needs get overlooked. Without unpaid carers’ huge contribution to supporting our most vulnerable people in society, the social care system could not cope. We need to ensure that carers are supported as they are the backbone of our social care system. Paid carers can also […]
Let’s Challenge the Stereotype of the Older Slacker
I read with enormous concern the front page media headline last week talking about ‘Older Slackers’. I wonder if the media knows the lengths that people over 50 have to go through to even get a CV looked at, let alone an interview, training or promotion prospects. Many people will look at the headline and form an opinion without ever reading the content. Share this post: Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Print for later Tell a friend
Loneliness Gap – It’s All About the Cuts
Amongst all the news and doom of the cuts agenda, life still goes on for the many older people we work with across London. With one in five older people below the poverty line and many living alone, and many with multiple health conditions to manage life isn’t easy. As services disappear the needs of our fellow Londoners remain. There are many older people who can’t get out, who have no family or friends left who are profoundly lonely. The day centres, lunch clubs, may be considered outmoded models, but the need left behind continues. They filled the need of […]