‘Past Caring’ analyses Worcestershire County Council’s proposal for a ‘Maximum Expenditure Policy’, published in May 2012, which could see some disabled people forced to move into residential care.
Past Caring – Full Report (pdf)
Past Caring – Summary Report (pdf)
Alternative formats:
Past Caring – Full Report (accessible version) (Word)
Past Caring – Summary Report (accessible version) (Word)
For template letters and contact lists to facilitate participation in Worcestershire’s consultation and more general campaigning on the issues it raises, see our Letters & Briefings page.
Media reports and external support
Supportive letter from Sir Bert Massie to Worcestershire CC
Emails from Baroness Jane Campbell re Worcestershire CC proposals
Cap on care costs in Worcestershire will trap disabled people in care homes (BBC Midlands Today)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jul/17/social-care-disability
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This is the reality of care in the UK now, back to the dark ages when disabled people had no dignity, left to beg on the streets or stuck in institutions or work houses, out of sight and out of mind. What happened to caring in the community? The new qualifying levels of care have now been changed so only the most severely disabled people ( if they are lucky) will get the help they need to survive. The rest will be left to their own devices and of course the carers or family (if they have any) will be left to pick up the pieces.
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They are breaking International and EU law.We need action to be taken through the EU and UN.
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March 15th, 2013 at 1:21 am
If the law decides how much you need to live on then when did Cameron become the law? He is stealing plain and simple from us folk who can least afford it. Robin Hood in reverse… I for one will not be humiliated and bullied into paying his debt. Who`s moat will my money be cleaning next? Certainly not mine! Let us not forget that this GREEDY government stole millions from ordinary tax payers to fund their lifestyles. Nobody made any scarey ads about GOVERNMENT FRAUD… They never set up phone lines to catch these CRIMINALS! Get real people, if we refuse to pay, how many people can they AFFORD to house in prison? When the door knock just don`t answer. They haven`t levied a tax on that YET.
Freedom of speech has gone out the window as I can see from posts taken off by those who deem them unfit. Can`t we be the judge of that. The minority here are making rules for the majority. Ring any bells? Let`s all just say how we feel and not fret about how we word it. When all is said and done this chat won`t change the fact that Cameron is the next Hitler. We have to ACT and fast people. Don`t let bullies rule the day. Maybe we are considered disabled or mentally ill and no doubt that impacts on us but we are still here and there are more of us than those muppets…….
Could not agree more !!
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