Please sign This petition Ian Duncan Smith to live on £53 a week.

nannytone_2

i had seen it .... someone sent it to me last night.
as i have previously tild you, that although i have been registered blind since 1996, i have had no help with any of the issues that are addressed in that articke, i have been given some aids, but apart from that have been left to my own devices.
up until around 3 years ago, i still had some useful sight, so although i struggled to 'learn' my home when i first moved in, i already had knowledge of the local area as i had lived here for 8 years and had 'seen' it.
the thought of having to 'learn' a new home is fairly daunting, but the thought of learning a whole new area, of which i have no visual knowledge, is just to much to consider. as i previously said ... i had no help in familiarising myself with the area.

as for what you said about the hair in the bath ....
i hadnt even thought about that!
more about someone moving things about in the kitchen, or leaving things for me to trip over!
it's making me quite queasy

mysterywoman10

You should have seen a Rehabilitation Worker but I think the service varies a great deal from area to area. They only have 2 for the whole of Derbyshire.

I couldn't share a bathroom with a lodger to be honest, we have our own bathroom that makes it easier and I make them clean their own

mazza111

nannytone wrote: »

im the opposite.
i'm quite happy to have kids in the place. my PA often brings her 3 year old nephew if we are going swimmimg, and my grandbabies stay..

theyre really good though. theyve been brought up with me though and know that they cant leave anything about for me to fall over

I don't mind my own kids. It's just other people's kids :rotfl: And as I have no grandchildren... Maybe I'll feel different when they come along. Who knows.

Spent another 4 hours at A&E last night with my son, who had fallen over and split his leg open. Concerned about tendon damage, thankfully none. So he's all stitched up, but I'm practically dead on my feet. Was so hyped up after his accident I couldn't sleep. Probably because I missed my meds last night So hoping to go back n get a good snooze soon

mumps

mysterywoman10 wrote: »

Not sure I understand your point in relation to care leavers and your DD?

She has you doesn't she?

Someone said they didn't know where they would find a flat so just sharing my experience, well daughter's experience.

mysterywoman10

mumps wrote: »

Someone said they didn't know where they would find a flat so just sharing my experience, well daughter's experience.

Ok thanks for explaining

Ellejmorgan

Dunroamin wrote: »

Things were very bad in the past but they have greatly improved more reecently. Kids don't leave care (unless they want to) at 16 any more and, as I mentioned earlier, there are new initiatives that will allow them to stay with foster parents until 21. Even when leaving care at 17/18 there is ongoing support, particularly for those in education. As an example, university students can claim extra funding (up until the age of 25, I think) for maintenace during the summer vacation when other young people return to live with their parents.

Another change, of course, is the higher numbers living with foster parents rather than residential accommodation which does tend to offer greater levels of support. Things ar by no means perfect but there have been improvements since you left care.






I don't agree with this, there are only 60 children at uni who have previously been in care, out of 60,000, they can in theory be supported until 24, other than that a child will be in the system until their 18th birthday which is when their care orders expire..

Even now children at 18 are encouraged to move on and it will depend on the child and their reasons for their initial placement as to wether they can be independent, some children cannot be placed with any foster careers, some are deemed 'unfosterable' due to repeated breakdowns of previous placements..

Children now leaving care will be placed in a bedsit or shared acc which I think is wrong given that a child could have certain emotional issues..
I agree the system is better than when I was in it but due to welfare changes, I think it's tougher on them than it should be..

I would have been happy with guidance, at 16 I wasnt visited by a social worker for six months as they had staff issues, and would have been happy to be placed in a one bed property...it wasn't nice not having my own room, having to have guests sit on my bed etc..

In the end I did move but it was a very stupid what I did but I felt I had no choice, I sold everything I owned, packed what I could in a bag and got on a coach, I was 18, I had £100 in my pocket and moved 200 miles away..I went into a refuge in the city for five months, then I got a job in a hotel ...I then at 18 went straight into a dv situation...

An improvement in my case would have been therapy, it should have been offered, I was placed near my mother which in my case was the worst thing they could have done, hence the move up north..but this is getting off the point...

Ellejmorgan

mazza111 wrote: »

Good luck with it nannytone. I couldn't do it. Hell I couldn't even live with the fella. Guess I've had too long on my own with the kids

I know what you mean, I couldn't live with anyone else other than kids, it would drive me mad..

Ellejmorgan

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

A houseshare is loads better than a bedsit.

I strongly disagree with this, not all house shares are friendly, I had one once and I wasnt even allowed in the sitting room, no way I felt even more isolated...

mysterywoman10

Ellejmorgan wrote: »

I strongly disagree with this, not all house shares are friendly, I had one once and I wasnt even allowed in the sitting room, no way I felt even more isolated...

My son finds it very difficult to share uni accommodation, so I can understand this.

Ellejmorgan

dandelionclock30 wrote: »

Foster placements are in very high demand and a lot of Local Authorities want the places freed asap, never mind someone hanging on until they are 21!.

Very true, there are also a lot of private placements which cost the LA an absolute bomb, even a LA carer it costs £75 per day to have a child in the system, private even more, they wouldn't be placed until 21..