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PA employers are facing probes into ‘sleep-in’ minimum wage back-pay

By John Pring on 27th July 2017 Category: Independent Living

PA employers are facing probes into ‘sleep-in’ minimum wage back-pay
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Disabled people who employ personal assistants (PAs) are being investigated by the government for failing to pay their PAs the minimum wage during overnight “sleep-in” shifts. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has admitted to Disability News Service (DNS) that individual PA […]

CQC figures reveal hundreds of care homes have gone two years since last inspection

By John Pring on 27th July 2017 Category: Independent Living

CQC figures reveal hundreds of care homes have gone two years since last inspection
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More than 300 residential care homes for younger disabled adults have not been inspected by the care watchdog for more than two years, according to official figures obtained by Disability News Service (DNS). The figures, released by the Care Quality Commission […]

Concerns over council’s post-18 support after ombudsman ruling

By John Pring on 20th July 2017 Category: Independent Living

Concerns over council’s post-18 support after ombudsman ruling
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A local authority is facing claims that it is breaching the rights of disabled teenagers by denying them the support they need as they prepare for the transition to adulthood. The claims come from the grandmother of a disabled teenager, after […]

Years of austerity have left personal assistance in ‘very fragile state’

By John Pring on 6th July 2017 Category: Independent Living

Years of austerity have left personal assistance in ‘very fragile state’
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The concept of personal assistance has been severely damaged by years of austerity and policies that have “degraded” the support mechanisms designed to enable independent living, leading figures in the disability movement have warned. They were speaking at the launch of […]

Using personal assistants works, research concludes… but it can go wrong

By John Pring on 6th July 2017 Category: Independent Living

Using personal assistants works, research concludes… but it can go wrong
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Enabling disabled people with support needs to employ personal assistants (PAs) – rather than relying on traditional care workers – can be empowering and liberating, but relationships with PAs “can sometimes go wrong”, according to new research. The Personal Assistance Relationships […]

Mencap care staff ‘called resident “poison dwarf” and reused feeding syringes’

By John Pring on 29th June 2017 Category: Independent Living

Mencap care staff ‘called resident “poison dwarf” and reused feeding syringes’
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The disability charity Mencap is facing allegations that staff at one of its care homes used an offensive nickname for a disabled resident, and repeatedly reused feeding syringes that should have been thrown away after just one day. A whistleblower, A*, […]

Queen’s speech: Government will consult on social care funding, but silence on needs of working-age disabled people… again

By John Pring on 22nd June 2017 Category: Independent Living

Queen’s speech: Government will consult on social care funding, but silence on needs of working-age disabled people… again
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The government has confirmed in the Queen’s speech that it plans to consult on its proposals to address the funding crisis affecting older people’s social care, but has again failed to make any mention of the needs of working-age disabled people. […]

Disabled voter secures legal settlement over polling station discrimination

By John Pring on 22nd June 2017 Category: Independent Living

Disabled voter secures legal settlement over polling station discrimination
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A council will have to carry out an audit of disability access at every one of its polling stations, after agreeing to pay compensation to a wheelchair-user who was prevented from voting at elections in 2014. Adam Lotun (pictured) said the […]

Election 2017: Tory disability minister endorses forced institutionalisation

By John Pring on 1st June 2017 Category: Independent Living

Election 2017: Tory disability minister endorses forced institutionalisation
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The minister for disabled people has failed to oppose the idea of forcing disabled people into institutions against their will. Penny Mordaunt was asked what she would do to protect disabled people from “forced institutionalisation” and whether she opposed it, as […]

Election 2017: Parties finally stress importance of working-age social care

By John Pring on 1st June 2017 Category: Independent Living

Election 2017: Parties finally stress importance of working-age social care
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The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour have all spoken publicly – apparently for the first time in the general election campaign – about what their parties would do to address the social care needs of working-age disabled people. Their comments follow […]

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