[Edinburgh-carecampaign] update next meeting

[Marlyn Tweedie]

The next meeting of the campaign is this Wed. - 19th August  6pm at City
Chambers    - All welcome  -

Next Mon.  24th August  Panorama at 8.30pm  is on the attacks on the
services for the elderly and the struggles against them.  Should be worth
watching.
Can anyone record?
We could use it for future meetings.

Over the last 2 weeks here are some examples:  A homecarer reports a
service-user who had 3 hourly visits a day from Council staff has had her
care transferred tto the private sector.  She states they are in for 20 mins
and ,on 2 occasions, recently, have not turned up at all at the tea-time
visit.

A service-user who has had a stroke and is paralysed on one side; her carer
came for years - preceding the death of her husband . Now it's with the
private sector. The time has been cut from 1 hour to 30 mins on all visits
which means no housework is done. Often dirty plates are left.
Both the service-user and the carer are very upset at losing the contact  -
no wonder!

While I was talking to a homecarer last week, she got a call asking that she
go to someone's home at 7am instead of 8am to facilitate transport
arrangements. Without hesitation, she agreed.
This kind of goodwill and readiness to sacrifice is absolutely typical.
Homecarers are  so often willing to go the extra mile.

On Sat. at the protest against the BNP, I heard at the rally  that the
Nazis murdered over a million disabled people *just because they were
disabled.*

As we said on Sat. "Never Again"
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