Carers to get pounds 33m cash help.CARERS of elderly or disabled relatives are to benefit from a multimillion pound plan unveiled yesterday. The New Deal for Carers will spend pounds 25million on short-term respite care Respite Care Short-term or temporary care of a few hours or weeks of the sick or disabled to provide relief, or respite, to the regular caregiver, usually a family member. Notes: for the needy need·y adj. need·i·er, need·i·est 1. Being in need; impoverished. See Synonyms at poor. 2. Wanting or needing affection, attention, or reassurance, especially to an excessive degree. in emergency situations. Another pounds 3million will go on a helpline helpline Noun a telephone line set aside for callers to contact an organization for help with a problem helpline n → teléfono de asistencia al público and pounds 5million will help set up a programme to give training, support and information on rights and services. The Government said the cash would help carers if they got ill or had other family duties. But campaigners said more needed to be done. Deborah Klee, of Help the Aged, said: "What is needed is better investment in planned respite care and support, rather than helping people once they hit breaking point." Charities estimate there are about six million people caring in the UK. |
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