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.