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July 7th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda According to a national survey by the United Kingdom Homecare Association (UKHCA), vulnerable and older people are being put at risk by councils, as the times for personal care visits are being cut.
The study revealed that financial pressures have caused almost three quarters of home visits to the elderly and vulnerable to be completed in less than half an hour and other visits only last for 15 minutes or less.
Reporting a number of cases of poor commissioning of homecare by councils, the UKHCA’s report also found that three-quarters (76 percent) of care providers say the councils they had worked with over the past 12 months, had become more interested in securing a cheaper price rather than a service of quality.
The Chairman of the UKHCA Mike Padgham said, “Providing care to people in their own home can make a real difference to the quality of their lives. But all too often councils treat commissioning of homecare services as a commodity – bought primarily on price – like paper clips. But care is not a commodity – it’s about real people’s lives. Councils need to get the focus back onto care, not just cutting costs.”
According to the study, a man in his 90s had his care reduced by 92 percent after his council cut his original 28 visits per week, each lasting 45 minutes, down to just seven visits per week of just 15 minutes per session.
Meanwhile, today on July 7, Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer’s Society, accused the British Coalition government of an “empty promise”, saying, “People with dementia and their carers are being forced to pay a dementia tax of tens of thousands of pounds a year for essential care and support.”
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