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Dugsie	# Posted: 22 Nov 2008 06:38 Reply http://occasionaldugsie.blogspot.com/ Old couples, who may have been together for many years, frequently want to remain together. Not surprising, but from this enduring attachment arises a despicable form of exploitation. The services required to keep an elderly couple in their own home are seldom remotely adequate. Specialist nursing services, for example, for Parkinson's patients, are almost as rare as hen's teeth. It is often the case that one partner is designated as the carer for the other. Perhaps it is a matter of who becomes seriously ill first. They can be placed in an impossible situation, caring for their partner when they themselves are old and sick. Who cares ? Not, apparently the medical profession, who know about enormous numbers of these cases, but seemingly prefer to hide behind the remit of social service departments, who ostensibly are responsible for providing domestic support for carers. This is a medical matter as well as a social one. Social services don't have anything like the resources necessary to provide the needed services. Make sure, when you are discharged from hospital, that there is a fit young person waiting at home to care for you. It is a national disgrace. Couples expressing a human desire to remain together may be punished severely for their fidelity. Carer Watch, who campaigns for the rights of carers, is currently campaigning for elderly carers to be treated as human beings. Too expensive ? Like constant wars, Trident, multi-million pound aircraft carriers, big bank bailouts, billionaire tax evasion, etc
pamela	# Posted: 7 Sep 2010 01:23 Reply I have been a carer for my stepsister for 20 years...she has a a total retardation and psychiatric problems.. with monthly injections... im also in my 50s.. what do i get? nothing.. even the community care grants... are not paid out any longer on merseyside!!! its just madness...

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