Respite Care Guarantee for Torridge Carers from Lib Dems
By A_McCormack | Thursday, February 25, 2010, 10:21
Torridge Carers will gain over a week’s break from caring every year under plans drawn up by the Lib Dems, announced local Prospective MP, Adam Symons.
The party’s ‘Respite Care Guarantee’ will give one million unpaid carers, who provide more than 50 hours of care each week, the right to a full week of guaranteed, funded respite.
Adam Symons said: “The way a society cares for its elderly and vulnerable defines its identity. The political fighting over the recent care plans does no-one any favours. We need long term solutions to care which unites generations, rather than divides them.”
“Our plans are a recognition of the millions of unpaid carers without whom, no social care plans could be affordable. This devoted army of people put in day after day, and night, of work for their relatives and loved ones.”
“Our pledge to the carers of Torridge is a simple promise: if you care for more than 50 hours a week, you will have the right to a full week of respite. Giving carers the time they so desperately need to rest, recuperate, or simply have a holiday.”
The Lib Dems policy will be paid for by redirecting the money the Department of Health has allocated to the Government's flawed care policy, together with its existing, poorly-focused funds for respite care.
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