carers

• “Melissa, what you describe about home carers is well documented in the literature about live-in maids and those who take care of children and the elderly or ill, all over the world, without HIV coming into it.”

  Every Sex Worker, A Human Rights Defender « Bound, Not Gagged

• “Like many long-term carers, I could offer a litany of far more disturbing anecdotes, such as the top geneticist who lied about crucial test results, having misplaced them, or the GP who gave an injection despite warnings it could prove fatal.”

  The Guardian: The NHS is ripe for revolution | Ian Birrell

• “Japan's population is ageing rapidly, with over 22% of the population aged 65 or older The kind of cheap, often well-educated labour, that has filled London homes with nannies and Barcelona's with Latin American carers for the elderly, is not an option.”

  BBC News - Home

• “In January 2007 they applied to become short-term carers and were assessed by independent social worker Jenny Shaw.”

  WalesOnline - Home

• “The government announced in 2008 that it was doubling money set aside to allow long-term carers some time off - £50m this year and £100m next year.”

  BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition

• “Ministers announced with a fanfare that they would double the funds for long-term carers to have time off by bringing in social workers to cover for them.”

  Home | Mail Online

• “Asian older careers are supported to do the course and encouraged to spread the word about carers' rights, diversifying Dudley borough council's reach with the toolkit.”

  The Guardian: More recognition for the role of carers

• “Pact is running a project to support kinship carers, which is funded by the City of London Corporation's City Bridge Trust.”

  The Guardian: Scandal of the 'forgotten children' whose mothers are in jail

• “She had been saying for months that it was far too painful, but the "carers" told her she wouldn't get any food if she didn't do it and it was "necessary".”

  The Huffington Post: Johann Hari: This Was My Grandmother. The Way She Was Treated in the Last Ten Years of Her Life Should Be A Scandal

• ““Surely the "carers" group is a bit different from the others on benefits.””

  Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me

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