Shortfall in funding care homes
Labour acknowledges the shortfall but does not suggest ways to fill it, apart from saying it will “keep people at home”. We need End Social Care Disgrace’s 7 Demands to be met.
The cost of electricity is threatening my health
Another example of how the system fails disabled people. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/23/electricity-alive-cost-of-living-crisis-disabled-government-vulnerable?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Paid carers are hard to find
One family’s experience mirrors many others’.
England’s worsening care shortages leave older people struggling
It’s not surprising, is it?
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/feb/17/england-care-shortages-older-people-age-uk-report
Home care visits lasted 3 minutes
We knew things were bad, but not this bad. Visits recorded incorrectly deliberately and systematically.
Austerity + privatisation = poor and dangerous care
Disabled people hit hardest by the energy crisis – eat or breathe?
Here is stark evidence of the catastrophic position of disabled people as a result of this catastrophic government. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/22/energy-costs-disabled-people-cost-of-living-crisis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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