Found this from Carers UK posted on facebook yesterday
Hope the link works
64 scathing comments
Hopelessness , despair , destitution … the current state of CarerLand.
14 million now below the Official Poverty Line … and increasing quicker than a mere three years ago.
Universal Credit … only 1 in 10 manors infected … 4,000+ foodbanks … number when the whole country is covered ?
Number of food parcels issued … 1.6 million now … 3 / 4 … even 5 million by 2021 ?
Still , the annual CUK survey results are due before long.
I wonder what they will reveal … as if we didn’t know already.
" Difficult times " … such platitudes are to be expected !
Usual portrayal of a world that hardly any of us see or experience ?
Health … eat / heat / roof … any connection when half the carer army do their daily juggling act ???
Not to be outdone … again … extract from the Carers Trust site :
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Carers’ health and wellbeing
In a survey, carers providing more than 50 hours of care per week are twice as likely to report ill-health as those not providing care.
Carers providing high levels of care were associated with a 23% higher risk of stroke.
17% of carers who had taken a break of more than a few hours experienced mental ill-health compared to 36% of carers who did not have such a break since beginning their caring role. >
Shall I ask the question ?
… And … ???
Surveys … and more surveys … yet more … and … what’s the point if action is never taken ???
On that point , BOTH our supporting organisations clam up.
" We’re charities … not in our remit ! "
Do we really need lectures in the bleeding obvious ???
Go find some academics / suits to talk to , just leave us alone ?
We KNOW how things are in CarerLand … we survive daily in it !
Patronising words or … food parcels ?
Quess which is the most welcomed ???
( And , NO … you can’t phone a friend ! )