Carers

poppyjay

Like I said I'm not knocking Carers I have a friend who gives her son 24 hour care and has to do everything for him there the ones that really need the money I'n my eyes x

allen35

krisskross wrote: »

Patients having routine injections at home will get supplies by the usual route, as a prescription. The nurse does not trundle round her patch with loads of medication. Each patient keeps their own supply.

As a nurse I used to administer approx 50-60 intravenous injections and infusions per shift. No way did it cost £6000 just for me to administer injections on each of my shifts.

Reading, i was waiting for you to tell them you were a nurse, crafty he he

bigbill

Getting back to the original question?

Without scare mongering.

I did read somewhere (Perhaps in the Universal Credit guidance) that this government were indeed talking about limiting Carers Allowance ONLY to people looking after someoen with high care of DLA or high rate AA

Wee_Willy_Harris

allen35 wrote: »

Reading, i was waiting for you to tell them you were a nurse, crafty he he

Well, it's pretty obvious they aren't an economist.

Wee_Willy_Harris

bigbill wrote: »

Getting back to the original question?

Without scare mongering.

I did read somewhere (Perhaps in the Universal Credit guidance) that this government were indeed talking about limiting Carers Allowance ONLY to people looking after someoen with high care of DLA or high rate AA

Like so many cost cutting measures this government are implementing, the "gains" are very short term and, in the longer term, will cost us all dearly.

Tehya

krisskross wrote: »

Not exactly difficult is it though? I give my husbands's injections when his RA makes it too difficult to do himself. However his 'training' to self administer injections must have taken all of 5 minutes.

Where on earth do you get a figure of £100 per injection? My husband has 15 injections a week.....ludicrous to suggest administering these would cost £1500 a week.

The figure of £100 (that's the costs without the medicines, needles, sterilising etc etc) and came from the specialist nurse who did the training which incidently did not take 5 minutes but was delivered on four x 2 hour sessions.

krisskross

Tehya wrote: »

The figure of £100 (that's the costs without the medicines, needles, sterilising etc etc) and came from the specialist nurse who did the training which incidently did not take 5 minutes but was delivered on four x 2 hour sessions.

My husband was given training by a specialist nurse about all aspects of his diabetes and care thereof. The actual injection part was about 5 minutes.

No sterilisation ever needed apart from washing hands. Obviously clean needles etc but not much else needed as there is no real risk of infection with someone giving injections to themself.

We both had instruction for administering methotrexate but it was the safety issues and disposal of used items and dealing with spillages when using cytotoxic drugs that was important. Actual injection is simple.

What on earth did a nurse talk about and demonstrate that took EIGHT hours? No wonder she said it costs so much.

krisskross

Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »

Well, it's pretty obvious they aren't an economist.

And neither are you. How much do you reckon it costs to help someone have a shower then? Would take at least 5 times more time than a simple injection.

Wee_Willy_Harris

krisskross wrote: »

And neither are you. How much do you reckon it costs to help someone have a shower then? Would take at least 5 times more time than a simple injection.

I guess it would depend on WHO was assisting. A registered "carer" who lives at the same address? A fairly modest sum. A registered nurse with years of training behind them who has to visit to perform the task? A great deal more.

Sixer

krisskross wrote: »

Patients having routine injections at home will get supplies by the usual route, as a prescription. The nurse does not trundle round her patch with loads of medication. Each patient keeps their own supply.

As a nurse I used to administer approx 50-60 intravenous injections and infusions per shift. No way did it cost £6000 just for me to administer injections on each of my shifts.

You did 50-60 intravenous injections and infusions VIA HOME VISITS in one single shift? Wow. What transport did you use?

I don't think anyone was saying there is £100 of labour in giving one injection at home. You're saying a pie's not the same as a pasty. Straw man reply and not on topic.

No idea how much it does cost. But this is a silly reply