An army of carers support our old, frail and vulnerable.
Many receive minimum wage.
Many also work to zero hours contracts.
No sick leave, no training, no holiday pay.
Tag Archives: independence and dependence
Dependence; health and care gone wrong.
When our obsession with
Protection
Wraps you-up in so much bubble-wrap
That you’re gone,
We have done something wrong.
Key Safe
You’re safe; you have a key safe – a digital lock on the outside of your house to help the carers get-in. I heard this week that since Grenfell there has been a thing about the safety of key safes and they are now considered unsafe, perhaps providing too tempting a means of entry toContinue reading “Key Safe”
Stick
Indeed, the last walking stick I saw came to a bad end when it wasn’t used as a walking stick.
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