Big Button Phones
We are often asked to suggest products that disabled and elderly people have found useful for everyday living tasks. One of them is a big button phone. Using the telephone to communicate with family and...
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Three new criticisms of the DWP
“A target-driven culture created perverse incentives” – I think we can agree with this recent article from charity Turn2us relating to a report by the National Audit Office. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)...
Social care: what’s in a name?
Katie Mantell at the King’s Fund – Social care is all around us. More than 1.5 million people in England are employed to provide social care to older and disabled people. And these numbers are...
Naidex 2017 – Visiting the Show
Naidex attracts over 12,000 like-minded, forward-thinking visitors from all over the world and is the only event which brings traders, consumers, and health professionals to one venue to find the most comprehensive supply of opportunities,...
Half of low income households at risk of missing out on vital welfare support
New research by the national charity Turn2us has found that almost half (48%) of low income households are not claiming the welfare benefits and tax credits they could be entitled to. This is despite the...
Doctors scorn reality TV – ‘The Undateables’
Jenny Cockerel – writes in The Star – Doctors have accused reality TV programme The Undateables of exploiting people with disabilities for entertainment. Dr Rachel Pickering claimed the Channel 4 show, which follows people who...
BBC searches for disabled weather presenter
Ian Johnston writes in The Independent – The BBC is looking to train disabled people to become weather presenters “to improve on-screen diversity”, the broadcaster has said. The free course is designed to “provide an...
Nine in ten DISABLED PEOPLE ON LOW INCOMES seeing no sign of improving finances
A new survey commissioned by the national charity Turn2us has found that, despite a recovering economy, 89% of people on low incomes with disabilities have seen no sign of their financial situation improving in the...
England’s ‘Care Act’ Changes Still Leaves Care Cuts For 500,000
Major reforms to England’s social care services, introduced today, are “built on sand”, a coalition of leading charities has warned. The Care and Support Alliance (CSA) said that despite “bold” changes brought in by the...
Plight of the Lonely Disabled – Care Cuts
Nearly a quarter of Britain’s disabled people suffer loneliness through government social care cuts and benefits changes, a charity’s research reveals. Worst affected are those aged 18 to 34. Over a third of them feel...