One can only post so much.
( Caree / carer … no caree / no carer … a partnership … hardest task for me was to argue that position and NOT just rely
on one partner , the carer … and work towards trying to solve that problem in isolation. )
If the audience isn’t listening … as they were over a decade ago … little else one can do.
This time round , we are dealing with a very reactionary Government whose sole aim is to preserve power and wealth
for the few at the expense of the many … that major word … AUSTERITY.
Still , as I have always maintained , the fate of carers lies with carers themselves.
( Never a Che, more a Kropotkin. Presenting alternative ways and policies to be considered as opposed to merely dismiss
most through anger and frustration. That , in itself , was the very essence of CarerWatch , a mutual co-operative. The
females to the fore with us mere males providing them with the finished products. after being through our counter
argument type process … rather ahead of it’s time ? )
A decade and so ago … both supporting organisations on high alert … this time around , conspicous by their absence in the
front line … if any meetings have taken place , no minutes have been reported … we are all in the dark … our fate being
decided behind closed doors … that’s democracy in action in CarerLand , 2019 , for you.
Even Professor Luke Clements … The Man when it comes to social care :
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Luke Clements is the Cerebra Professor of Law and Social Justice at the School of Law, Leeds University.
Luke is also a solicitor with Scott-Moncrieff & Associates Ltd. He has had conduct of many cases before the European Commission and Court of Human Rights. In 1996 he was the solicitor who took the first Roma case to reach the Strasbourg Court Buckley v. UK (1996)
He has helped draft and promote a number of Parliamentary Bills aimed at improving the rights of people experiencing social exclusion – including Bills that became the Carers (Recognition and Services) Act 1995 and the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004. In 2013 he was the Special Adviser to the Parliamentary Committee that scrutinised the draft Bill that resulted in the Care Act 2014.
Luke’s academic research and litigation experience is primarily concerned with the rights of people who experience social exclusion, including disabled people and their carers.
Luke is a Patron of the Disability Law Service and a Special Adviser to the Spinal Injuries Association. He has written widely – details of his books and articles can be found on the Publications pag
**_Army of carers must get ‘militant wing’ to win rights, expert says.
Carers must ‘get angry and militant’ to demand better rights, one legal expert has said._**
Professor Luke Clements, from Cardiff University, said carers must demand political change, with legions of unpaid family members feeling the strain of looking after their loved ones.
Speaking at Hay Festival, he argued it was time for carers to become militant in their fight for fairness and funding, ensuring politicians have post bags full of letters pressuring them to help.
Saying they may need the modern-day equivalent of the suffragettes, Prof Clements, who has advised the government on care policy, said Britain must change its attitude towards denigrating dependent people and condemning their cost to society.
“What we need to do is to be angry,” said Prof Clements, director of Cardiff University’s Centre for Health and Social Care Law. "We need to demand political change.
"We need to have resources. What we need to do is enormous policy change.
"I try to encourage all the groups I go to to develop a militant wing and encourage them to nominate somebody to throw themselves under the Queen’s horse, basically.
"Because I think carers have got to become militant.
“The law does give people very good advice but collectively you cant really change the situation without politicians postbags being full of this stuff.”
He added concerns about an ageing population were too often framed as “those dreadful old people”, with people being told to fear the rising costs of care.
The new Care Act, he added, was an “honourable end” and “generally a good piece of legislation”, but is severely hampered by a lack of funding.
Remains my number one for a guest session on the forum … could go down rather well give CUK’s own policies ???
No news on that score from CUK since July 2018 !!!
Be a very brave person indeed to question his judgement !!!
" Interesting " times ahead for the carers of 2019.