Ann Turner

Unpaid carer. That is all. @[email protected]

[Ann Turner @ferikmalae]

@MrJonCryer Yes please

[Ann Turner @ferikmalae]

Australia

[Sam Connor @criprights]

If there is a split down the middle for Royal Commissioners, whose side should govt take? The position of disabled, or non-disabled people?

Because that is where the split lies - disabled people say that institutions & segregated environments must close. https://t.co/UkbHbqXO1t.

[Ann Turner @ferikmalae]

@BlokeOnWheels Forced into a job or dumped in a care home.

[Ann Turner @ferikmalae]

@archer_rs Gawd, bring it on. Probably for the best at this point.

[Ann Turner @ferikmalae]

@JaneyGodley Always a plus....

[Mike O'Brien🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿#UnpaidCarerAssembly @Mikeo56977865]

#UnpaidCarers. 👇

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Hospices 'under threat' amid '£50m funding shortfall as costs spiral', charities warn https://t.co/kSxfK0sSqs

[Campaign for Real Care @RealCareUK]

That service users are reliant on complaints processes to solve basic issues about their care plans speaks volumes, especially when 47% say it’s not worth it and 32% say it’s too scary. If the needs assessment was done right, the complaints system would rarely be needed!

[BBC Access All @BBCAccessAll]

"These proposed changes will cut people off from their communities, all in the service of a spreadsheet"

Disabled people in Bristol may not get the choice to live independently and Mikey at Disability Rights UK is concerned.

[PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇧 @prideukorg]

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[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

These are Restore Trust's applicants for the National Trust.

Restore Trust is a far right group led by GB News, Tufton Street, Jacob Rees-Mogg and the Telegraph.

They seek to make as much profit as possible.

If you want to protect the National Trust.

DO NOT vote for them.

[Allie @Allie_Rouge]

Disabled people have long felt their lives and deaths didn't matter to those in charge. We just want clear justice for those who have suffered and died and assurance that our own lives will no longer be put at risk by a disdainful system.

[Ann Turner @ferikmalae]

This is good!

[Simon Akeroyd @SimonAkeroyd]

Grow and make wholegrain mustard. Can you take the heat?

My recipe is natural and doesn’t require sugar or cooking, so retains all that mustardy goodness 🥰
#GrowYourOwn #gardening

[Ann Turner @ferikmalae]

@BpsmithUk Yes, as soon as I can crank up the energy, that's next.

[reann @redpepper1011]

Disabled activists have said they are “very frightened” by council plans that could force people who rely on social care into residential homes against their wishes, and which they believe breach equality and human rights laws.
Bristol City Council this week blamed cost pressures, reduced government funding and increased demand for social care for its proposed Fair and Affordable Care Policy.
The policy, which is now out for public consultation, would allow the council to force a disabled person into a residential or nursing home if “a care package to remain at home would substantially exceed the affordability of residential care”.
It also warns that exceptions to the policy “are likely to be rare” although “each person’s situation will be looked at individually”.
The policy says that if the council and disabled person cannot reach agreement, the service-user could be offered a direct payment “up to” the amount of a residential care package but would then be expected to meet the rest of their needs themselves.
The council claimed it was taking “pre-emptive measures” to ensure it met its duty to have “sufficient resources to meet the needs of all persons who require care and support in its area”.
In its equality impact assessment of the proposals, the council admits: “Applying this policy could therefore have an impact on some citizens with protected characteristics who previously may have had their care and support needs met in a different or less cost-effective way.”
It also admits that the policy “could have an impact on the percentage of individuals who receive care in their own home and an increase in number of older people who are accommodated in residential or nursing care”.

[Mark Baldwin @markswan52]

This policy from Bristol City Council takes social policy for disabled people back about 30 or 40 years. I remember multiple people having to go into residential care for lack of personal care in their home. Then we had the user movement and things changed. Shame on Bristol!

[Ann Turner @ferikmalae]

@JaneyGodley My God, what a skill 😯

[Ann Turner @ferikmalae]

@Danwhite1972 Ah, "carer's back". It works until you get excruciating acid reflux as a side effect. Then it's off the ibuprofen and onto the esomeprazole for that. Of course, we should really go to the doctor, right?

[Ann Turner @ferikmalae]

@NotThatBigIan And as for Travelodge... don't get me started!

[Ann Turner @ferikmalae]

@NotThatBigIan The prices fluctuate wildly. Cheapest rates are often on Sunday nights, which probably still offer value for money for a "no-service, cubicle hotel" which is basically what they are. Mid-week rates are extortionate and the staff don't even greet you as you let yourself in.