Opinion: The health service will collapse if the exploitation of Ireland's carers isn't addressed

Here, she writes that the Government urgently needs to invest €110 million into the homecare sector in Budget 2020.

Others have been awarded significantly reduced hours compared to what they have been initially approved – and then “removed” from the waiting list. A recent case in the midlands saw a family being awarded 6.25 hours per week despite being approved for 28 hours per week. This raises serious safety concerns for both the family carer and the cared for person but the family were left with little choice but to take what was offered.

Family Carers Ireland are calling on the Government to reform the means test for carers in the upcoming budget through a number of measures including increasing the income disregard to bring more full time carers into the net, extending allowable deductions to include real costs of caring and increasing the capital disregard from €20,000 to €50,000 to allow carers to put aside savings for the future.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

We need more resources and the weekly payment if €214 is not a wage! I've been told by an OT they don't supply hoists or anything to help me should my mother-in-law fall. I'm expected to call an ambulance, waste their time, and the last time they scolded me for doing so! HELP US

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