carer’s allowancecare policywelfare regimesHong KongCaring for the carers is not only a policy challenge for the government but also a global concern to achieve gender equality by restructuring welfare for care. Paying informal carers is one of the measures that address their needs, which is ...
Carers descend on Westminster - but the cost of fixing the system could prove unpopular ByNick Martin, people and politics correspondent For an industry that operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, it is rare to see so many carers and care providers out in force....
Attendance Allowance ismoney for people aged pension age or over who have care needs. You may have care needs if you need help with activities of daily living, such as getting dressed, going to the toilet or having someone to look after you so you do not hurt yourself. It could include...
After the INLPR study, co-editor and UCL professor of early childhood provision Peter Moss wrote that British policy was "implicitly matriarchal, eschewing gender equality for the idea that women should be the main carers of young children". Brearley said: "I think they're just not willing t...
Horacek gets an enriched diet because she is a ‘poor eater’, as the carers point out. Mrs. Horacek was therefore often asked by the carer why she had left food on her plate. In reaction to this, she started to ‘make the food disappear’ but was ‘caught’ by the carers when ...
Some fostering services provide their foster carers with aholiday allowancewhich is paid to the foster carer to help with expenses over school holidays. We consider this best practice as it would cover expenses such as day trips, outings, and activities, not just going away on holiday. ...
12m ago, he chose to move out & left me to pay everything via Carers allowance and income support. He doesnt pay maintenance no (this will be part of Divorce) He doesnt see the kids much & when he does he turns up here, grumping, wanting tea & biscuits (or a meal!) & then m...
Siobhan learned that she was not eligible for Widowed Parents’ Allowance to help raise the children. She appealed this and won her challenge in the High Court in Belfast in December 2015, but this was subsequently overturned by the Court of Appeal. However, she was given leave to appeal to...
The cuts to welfare have had devastating impacts.Affected areas include lone-parent supports, child benefit, youth payments, fuel, back-to-school clothing and footwear, rent supplement, and disability and carers’ allowance. But charges were introduced where they did not exist before — putting a...
189 votes to 151 to demand the government takes steps to offset the burden of the tax hike on children's nurseries and playgroups by doubling the employment allowance; 182 votes to 144 to require ministers to review the impact of the hike on certain sectors within six m...