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shillelagh · 20-09-2007, 22:31

I can believe that. I used to pay £8 an hour for carers to come in and look after my mum plus a LCC Voucher. You got 28 vouchers per year for carers to come in and look after my mum, which equalled 4 hrs care or 1 night in a care home. I soon went through them. Ended up asking for extras which i did get because i had a friendly social worker who did look after us. Carers do a lot and save the nhs and social care a lot of money because they are unpaid. If they had to pay them the minimum wage for looking after a loved one - could you imagine it they'd be complaining they didnt have enough money.

Sorry i do get on my high horse about this - carers dont get much back up and more often than not they have to fight for what they do get.

20-09-2007, 22:31	#3
shillelagh God Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: at the border .. Posts: 8,194 Blog Entries: 252 Liked: 1627 times Rep Power: 489677	Re: What Is This Country Coming To? I can believe that. I used to pay £8 an hour for carers to come in and look after my mum plus a LCC Voucher. You got 28 vouchers per year for carers to come in and look after my mum, which equalled 4 hrs care or 1 night in a care home. I soon went through them. Ended up asking for extras which i did get because i had a friendly social worker who did look after us. Carers do a lot and save the nhs and social care a lot of money because they are unpaid. If they had to pay them the minimum wage for looking after a loved one - could you imagine it they'd be complaining they didnt have enough money. Sorry i do get on my high horse about this - carers dont get much back up and more often than not they have to fight for what they do get. __________________ The views expressed in this post is mine and mine alone anyone want to argue well tough!!!