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Saba Salman<p>I've been a bit quiet here (there and everywhere) but this is something I've just written on the role of unpaid carers.</p><p>A failed care system, relentless cuts, austerity and the notoriously perilous 'transition' process (when you shift from child to adult social services) is a shameful mix.</p><p>It leaves families like Elliott's in a precarious position.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/socialcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialcare</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/respitecare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>respitecare</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/familycarer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>familycarer</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/carers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carers</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/learningdisability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>learningdisability</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/pmld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pmld</span></a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/BylineTimes/status/1706242518591877344" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">twitter.com/BylineTimes/status</span><span class="invisible">/1706242518591877344</span></a></p>
Saba Salman<p>'The UK needs a social revolution, one that prioritises people with learning disabilities instead of continually cutting support and exacerbating marginalisation': self-advocate Joe Powell.</p><p>This is such a powerful report by Mary O'Hara on the relentless impact of austerity, social care cuts and the cost of living crisis on the disabled community.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CostOfLivingCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CostOfLivingCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/learningdisability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>learningdisability</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/familycarer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>familycarer</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/socialcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialcare</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cl-initiatives.co.uk/cuts-are-a-choice-not-a-necessity/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cl-initiatives.co.uk/cuts-are-</span><span class="invisible">a-choice-not-a-necessity/</span></a></p>
Mark Wilson - ADHD Birdbrain<p>2321 days and counting since I&#39;ve had a day off.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/familycarer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>familycarer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/carer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>carer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/caring" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>caring</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/respite" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>respite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/norespite" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>norespite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/unpaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>unpaid</span></a></p>
Louise<p>Reminding myself that distance caring for an elderly, frail relative is Hard Work. And a thankless task too, most of the time. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/carer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FamilyCarer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyCarer</span></a></p>
GerMoorkensbyrne<p>Having lost my Dad to <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Alzheimer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Alzheimer</span></a>&#39;s in March, people who supported us are now going through the same. One such loss inspired this the latest (possibly last) in my Family Carers of Dementia series. <br /><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/smallpoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>smallpoems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/FamilyCarer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FamilyCarer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/grief" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>grief</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/dementia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dementia</span></a></p>
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