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Put Out Elderly First
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I'm sure Foreign Aid has been discussed many times but now it is being suggested we raise Councul Tax to pay for elderly care isn't it time to look at the foreign aid to Despots and expensive "Consultants"
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The Council Tax method has at least two major flaws. First that it will raise more revenue in wealthier areas whereas in poorer areas many people don't pay Council tax and I also don't trust Councils to use use the money sells for that.
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The Council Tax method has at least two major flaws. First that it will raise more revenue in wealthier areas whereas in poorer areas many people don't pay Council tax and I also don't trust Councils to use use the money sells for that.
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When I saw this on the news last night, Linda, stopping foreign aid was the first thing that I thought of. It seems that every time an ‘NHS in crisis’ storey emerges, then it’s the old folk who are cited as being the reason. I advocate absolutely no money being sent abroad: The millions that have already been sent over the years seem to have made little or no...
11:30 Tue 13th Dec 2016
I'm not sure what we're paying this bloke for.
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Linda...your question is poorly focused.
The care sector is in complete crisis. No one now doubts that. Care homes are going bankrupt and closing on a regular basis. In some of these homes, there is widespread cruelty going on, as a glance at any newspaper will tell you. Care workers are being paid a pittance to look after increasingly larger amounts of our elderly population.
Lots of these workers are not from Britain, and there is no real idea or agreement what will happen to these people when we finally leave the EU.
The whole system needs to be overhauled with immediate effect. Tinkering with funding just won't do.....we need root and branch reorganisation.
The care sector is in complete crisis. No one now doubts that. Care homes are going bankrupt and closing on a regular basis. In some of these homes, there is widespread cruelty going on, as a glance at any newspaper will tell you. Care workers are being paid a pittance to look after increasingly larger amounts of our elderly population.
Lots of these workers are not from Britain, and there is no real idea or agreement what will happen to these people when we finally leave the EU.
The whole system needs to be overhauled with immediate effect. Tinkering with funding just won't do.....we need root and branch reorganisation.
Ratter....glad you agree and you are in a very good position to know !
This isn't a party-political issue. People are living much longer than they did ever one generation ago, and its causing us huge funding problems. We need, as a nation, to recognise that we have a problem, and get around a table and find a solution.
But make no bones about it......funding is at the heart of this issue, As a nation, we will have to decide where our priorities are for the future. More and more of us are facing a very sad end to our lives and its something younger people need to realise.
This isn't a party-political issue. People are living much longer than they did ever one generation ago, and its causing us huge funding problems. We need, as a nation, to recognise that we have a problem, and get around a table and find a solution.
But make no bones about it......funding is at the heart of this issue, As a nation, we will have to decide where our priorities are for the future. More and more of us are facing a very sad end to our lives and its something younger people need to realise.
Naomii, I have witnessed it myself, and the ones that are still open, many are only taking private paying residents.
Some of the ones that are still open are having to run short staffed and standards cut to the bare bones. Its a very unfortunate situation for the residents and also for the carers that are being rushed off their feet with no time to adequately care for their clients.
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Some of the ones that are still open are having to run short staffed and standards cut to the bare bones. Its a very unfortunate situation for the residents and also for the carers that are being rushed off their feet with no time to adequately care for their clients.
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Danny....the evidence for bankruptcy of care homes is easily found on the 'net :::::
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These are effectively private, money-making enterprises, in the same way as any other business. They owe no allegiance to their patients/residents whatsoever.
inadequate funding by local councils is the one of the prime causes of their failures.
I would contest that this is no way to look after millions of elderly people, in the last years of their lives.
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These are effectively private, money-making enterprises, in the same way as any other business. They owe no allegiance to their patients/residents whatsoever.
inadequate funding by local councils is the one of the prime causes of their failures.
I would contest that this is no way to look after millions of elderly people, in the last years of their lives.
Mikey, it’s true that you have neither the courtesy nor the courage to respond to me, but you very clearly read my posts so see the one to Ratter at 09.24. You said “As a nation, we will have to decide where our priorities are for the future”. That is precisely what lindapalmara is attempting to address – and as yet, you have failed to respond to that too. Another one who's too difficult?
Why demand a link when anybody following the news is aware of the situation?
Anyway, here's a link...
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Anyway, here's a link...
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Linda...of course we should put our own people first, but we are a wealthy country....can't we help all sorts of people ?
I agree with you about your doubts concerning Council Tax, but if the much needed funds are not to come from local Councils, where is it going to come from ?
Successive Governments have refused to take the issue of care for older people seriously for many years, and there is no sign that it is doing so now.
I agree with you about your doubts concerning Council Tax, but if the much needed funds are not to come from local Councils, where is it going to come from ?
Successive Governments have refused to take the issue of care for older people seriously for many years, and there is no sign that it is doing so now.
