<P>Hi</P>
<P>I will bring copies to the meeting tonight, so those attending need not print these</P>
<P>Regards</P>
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<P>Sheila<BR><BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE>----Original Message----<BR>From: marlyn.tweedie@googlemail.com<BR>Date: 17/08/2009 23:25 <BR>To: <Edinburgh-CareCampaign@lists.aktivix.org><BR>Subj: [Edinburgh-carecampaign] update next meeting<BR><BR>
<DIV>The next meeting of the campaign is this Wed. - 19th August 6pm at City Chambers - All welcome - </DIV>
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<DIV>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. </DIV>
<DIV>Can anyone record? </DIV>
<DIV>We could use it for future meetings.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV>Both the service-user and the carer are very upset at losing the contact - no wonder!</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV>This kind of goodwill and readiness to sacrifice is absolutely typical. Homecarers are so often willing to go the extra mile.</DIV>
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<DIV>On Sat. at the protest against the BNP, I heard at the rally that the Nazis murdered over a million disabled people <EM>just because they were disabled.</EM></DIV>
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<DIV>As we said on Sat. "Never Again"</DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN> </P><P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Protect your PC with 50% off Norton Security <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">- <a target='_blank' href="http://www.tiscali.co.uk/" target=_blank></a><SPAN style="COLOR: purple"><a target='_blank' href="http://www.tiscali.co.uk/securepc" target=_blank>http://www.tiscali.co.uk/securepc</a></SPAN></B></SPAN></P>