"To keep myself as fit as I can be", Steve needs carer Jazzmine Mace to connect him to the specially adapted exercise equipment."I wouldn't be able to cope without them," he says.This is the sort of personalised care the government says its changes will make more widely available.
Steve welcomes the announcement of extra funding but says it is crucial the government invests sufficiently in social care. She finds study challenging but is "absolutely loving it" and combining front-line work in the community with an office-based management role.Jazzmine's mentor at work, senior manager Karen Bateman, says social care "is such a complex role... to have the ability, to have many skills" - but too often, the same workers could earn more money with less pressure "stacking shelves at Tesco's".
Until care is in place, their discharge can be delayed, with a knock-on effect on the availability of hospital beds.
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