Home care underpaid

The_mangler

geerex wrote: »

The point I am making is that you class your income as "earnings" when that's not the case. It's an allowance. It's in the title. It's a bit rich moaning about your allowance and comparing it to min. wage on a public forum when it's simply not the same thing. I'm not saying it's easy for you, and I do not envy you but it irks me somewhat when I hear people refer to their benefits income as their "pay". Pay is remuneration for productive work, there is a distinction.

I was merely trying to clarify the difference between those who care for loved ones at home and those who do it as a choice. Carers like myself save the NHS £119billion per year (http://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/may/12/carers-save-uk-119bn-a-year)
I am gob smacked that you want to label me no doubt as a benefit scrounger when I work damned hard with no time off to look forward to. The 'normal everday' jobs that any husband or wife would do according to you - does that involve lifting your partner out of bed, helping them to the toilet, changing them, the sheets if they don't make it in time, listening to their worries, upsets, concerns that they are no longer a productive member of society?

With respect, your attitude totally stinks.

duchy

Paid carer or carers allowance it's still unreasonably low.

There was a "senior carer" on LBC this morning saying how she's paid for when she is is the client's homes but not for travelling and she estimated a third of her working day was spent travelling and therefore unpaid. She also stated that she would often stay longer than the time she was paid for to do the things that needed doing. It might have made her a good person but she missed that the fact she acts in this way exploits her -and ironically probably brings her below NMW.

Timalay

geerex wrote: »

They could very well work full time and pay someone to look after their husband whilst they went to work.

and paying that person could work out more expensive.

Laz123

geerex wrote: »

I replied to the poster who classed their situation as a "job". Like it or not, it isn't a job. They have chosen to be a full time carer for their husband. That is a choice, regardless of your arguments about availability of respite care/suitability of work with flexibility etc.
They could very well work full time and pay someone to look after their husband whilst they went to work.
The sums may not work once you factor in rent/council tax etc, but the fact remains that the government provide an allowance to supplement a carers' income, what it is not (rightly or wrongly) is a government-funded post to provide one-to-one individual care.

Oh, and I find it slightly distasteful to moan about not getting enough money for caring for a loved one.



"Presumptous" is something you need to be on forums as people typically do not provide all relevant information, blanks need to be filled in. "Rude" is your opinion, I prefer to be forthright and honest, if you find that rude then I'd suggest the internet isn't the best place for you.

The_mangler wrote: »

Wow. Just wow.
I cannot go out to work, my husband has severe mental health issues as well as physical disabilities which mean he is not happy with anyone else looking after him. I gave up a career in Accountancy when he had to leave his job as an Engineer. believe me, I would jump at the chance to work, any work but there simply is no choice. And the government's supplement to paid work only comes into play if you care for someone for 35 hours minimum a week. And earn less than £100 a week.

Walk a mile in my shoes, my friend. It's not easy to watch my husband disintegrate before my eyes, as his partner I consider it my duty. But duty does not pay the bills.

Just ignore it, it's a cyber sociopath.

geerex

Timalay wrote: »

and paying that person could work out more expensive.

With the salary that someone like the OP could command, they could afford to pay for a carer and still work full time. There probably wouldn't be a huge difference in income, but it would also provide them with some outside social contact and some respite.

Laz123 wrote: »

Just ignore it, it's a cyber sociopath.

"Omg someone on the internet is saying something that I don't agree with, they simply must be a sociopath"... :rotfl:

You must live a very sheltered life.