THE ELDERLY THAT HAVE AND ARE BEING CARED FOR BY EITHER PRIVATE OR THE 3 AND 4 STAR RATED COUNCIL RUN HOME CARE SERVICE, ARE THE VERY PEOPLE WHO SET UP AND MAINTAINED THE SERVICES WE ALL TAKE FOR GRANTED IN LIVERPOOL TODAY.
DON'T STAND BY AND LET THE RICH LIBERAL DEMOCRATS DESTROY OUR TOP RATED AND MUCH NEEDED ESSENTIAL SERVICE, WHO CAN AFFORD TO PAY FOR THEIR OWN LIVE IN HOUSE CARERS FOR THEIR OWN LOVED ONES?
THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS CAN AFFORD THIS EXPENCE FOR THIER LOVED ONES
THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS CAN AFFORD THIS EXPENCE FOR THIER LOVED ONES
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND HIS MANY ASSISTANTS CAN WELL AFFORD THIER OWN AND THEIR FAMILIES CARE.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO EARN £100,000 PLUS, THEY TELL YOUR LIFELINE TO TAKE A 30% CUT IN WAGES, YOU KNOW THEY WILL LEAVE THEIR JOB AS THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO FEED THE KIDS, YOU KNOW SHE REALLY CARES FOR YOU AND YOU ARE SCARED THAT THE REPLACEMENT WILL HAVE NO EXPERIENCE AND WILL TREAT YOU LIKE BABY.
THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVES WON'T SUFFER.
YOUR MUM AND DAD WILL THOUGH!
YOUR GRANNY NEEDS HELP THAT YOU CANNOT ALWAYS SUPPLY, THESE PEOPLE GIVE HER ANOTHER REASON TO LIVE.
YOU ARE STUCK IN YOUR HOUSE MOST OF THE DAY, YOUR CARER BRINGS YOU THE PAPER AND SOME BITS OF SHOPPING AND THE GOSSIP OF THE DAY.
IF YOU RECOGNISE YOURSELF OR YOUR FRIENDS?
THEN STAND UP AND SHOUT THAT CARERS NEED MORE PAY NOT LESS PAY!
CARERS NEED A DECENT STANDARD OF LIVING AND SECURITY IN MINIMUM HOURS
Letters to the Editor - 02 May 2007
May 2 2007
Liverpool Daily Post
No respect for the elderly
I WAS appalled to read in Monday’s paper of the proposed reduction in pay for carers. I know from the support my elderly mother receives just what a difficult yet valuable job is done by the dedicated people who provide home care.
If their pay is to be cut by 30%, as it is suggested it might be, the quality of people willing to provide this service will inevitably fall. It would not then be a surprise if this led to a demoralised, under-paid workforce, more rather then less likely to abuse and possibly steal from the isolated vulnerable people receiving care.
In attempting to justify this miserable policy, the council say they are seeking to provide “a much better deal for council tax payers.” Are not the very elderly people, living in their own homes, also council tax payers? Or because of their age do they no longer count?
Finally, all of this would be bad enough were it not for the fact that, nearly 12 months ago, Liverpool City Council started charging service users by the hour, in the way they are now proposing to pay carers. In my mother’s case, this resulted in an “overnight” 50% increase in charges for the same level of service. I would like to know what the council has done with all the extra revenue and why, on top of this, salary reductions are necessary?
It used to be that people were encouraged to show some respect and consideration for elderly people. Sadly, Liverpool City Council appears to be capable of neither. Such an outlook is outrageous. It is surely time for those with responsibility for care of the elderly in our city to reconsider their policies and their positions.
Name and address supplied
New slavery
I AM a care worker and I am appalled and shamed by the 30% pay cuts my city is proposing for care workers. We won’t be getting paid for walking between visits to the people we care for. We won’t get paid when somebody we care for goes into hospital or away on holiday. How would our masters in Social Services, who are bringing about these cuts, feel if they didn’t get paid when they go to the toilet or walk to a meeting?
I am sure Warren Bradley is a good fireman, but does he only get paid when he is putting out fires? The city should hang its head in shame. Slavery was abolished 200 years ago, but it is alive and flourishing in care in Liverpool today.
TM, via email
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