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Developing Respite Services |
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Written by Jennifer Roe
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Wednesday, 23 July 2008 |
Respite survey
What does
Respite Mean to You...?
What
does Choice mean...?
What should good Respite
achieve...?
These were some
of the questions considered recently at an even to start the
development of a local Respite Strategy.
Do you have an opinion
about Respite? Why not join in the debate on our Blether
pages or tell us what you think in our short survey on the Your
Voice webpage.
"In
addition to the daily help, I was given a one-week break every three
months but found by the end of the first week I was just starting to
unwind - a second one would have been beneficial. That being
said, it changed my life and I feel we ought to be raising public
awareness as to what's available because no one should have to carry
the full load of caring by themselves."
“I
have always been troubled...by the notion of respite which implies a
cared-for person is a problem or burden and that Carers need to have
the burden removed for a short period of time to gather strength, in
order to return to ‘grim
reality’……… (also) for
people to get to breaking point, then have a short period of absence
from their role in order to start over again is not very
positive.”
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 July 2008 )
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Joint Community Care Plan Launch |
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Written by Jennifer Roe
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Tuesday, 24 June 2008 |
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New Joint Community Care Plan
Over the last year, East
Dunbartonshire Council has been
consulting Carers and users of services on how they would like local
services
developed over the next 3 years. Carers
Link has been actively involved in ensuring that the views of Carers
have been
included in the new Joint Community Care Plan and welcomes the
prominence that
Carers’ issues were given during this process. You
can now read both the new Joint
Community Care Plan which was
launched on 25th June and the summary
of the comments made
during the consultation.
The Joint Community Care Plan is the core community care planning document for East
Dunbartonshire Council and East
Dunbartonshire Community Health Partnership
and was prepared in consultation with Carers Link East Dunbartonshire.
The Plan makes clear statements about the commitments to improve services for people who have
community care needs and their families, and identifies what the priorities are.
There is an action plan for how priorities will be delivered, as well
as a statement on how progress will be monitored and reported.
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Written by Jennifer Roe
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Sunday, 01 June 2008 |
After almost 4 years in
operation and having run various different
groups for Carers during that time, we would be very interested to hear
your thoughts about what kind of group support, if any, you would like.
You may or may not have been to one of our groups in the
past, and you may have very definite ideas as to whether you found it
met your needs if you did attend.
We have some ideas as to how our groups could develop in the future
- Tell
us what you think in this short survey!
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 01 June 2008 )
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