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The changing costs of care

The impact of rising bills in households with care needs, and the financial and emotional effects of a carer shortage.

Charging ventilators, specialised food and driving to hospital appointments are just some of the additional costs for households with care needs that are being exacerbated by the cost of living crisis. Then add to that the shortage of carers and personal assistants that鈥檚 being experienced across the country just now.

Kim and Eileen speak with three people experiencing care in different ways. Blogger Claire D鈥橝ll is the Dundee Ambassador for accessibility review website Euan鈥檚 Guide. She is seeing massive energy bills at the moment due to equipment required in her home. Shubhanna Hussain-Ahmed from the Coalition of Carers in Scotland is an unpaid carer for several members of her family, and Maureen Ayre is the Senior Care and Support Administrator at Turning Lives Around, a care company based in Dundee 鈥� she鈥檚 been struggling to recruit new workers.

28 minutes

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Sun 28 Aug 2022 06:30

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  • Sun 28 Aug 2022 06:30

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