In response to Mrs P
in Issue 32…
...we received a letter from the Chief Officer of Age Concern (Torbay),
Robin Causley, to say that Age Concern staff in Torbay are not actually involved in Fairer
Charging assessments. Therefore, it is likely that Mrs P was referring to the involvement
of agency staff in Devon, where the Fairer Charging assessments are undertaken by a
multi-agency team. We apologise for any confusion that this item may have caused, which
only goes to highlight the different ways services can be arranged - depending on where in
South Devon you happen to live.
Mrs H from Kingsbridge writes:
How well I identify with Mrs P in Issue 32.
The so called “overlapping benefits rule” is cruel to carers
and as I have said on radio and television, the one way in which we could bring full
attention to what we truly do would be to “down tools” for a week or two and
that would bring the nation to a standstill!
Sadly, as people of compassion, we can never do this, and therefore we
are held to ransom by the authorities and various governments. The many carer associations
do stalwart work to correct this and slowly chip away at the bureaucratic iceberg, but in
the meanwhile carers are left to get on with the job at very little cost to the government
and great cost to themselves.
Do you ever get hot under the collar about an issue related to your caring role? If so,
let us know why, in time for the next newsletter. Use this space to raise issues of
interest to you, and we will endeavour to get your questions answered!
