Caring

By beyond belief

Wed 14 Nov 2007 20:51

Caring and taking care of our families and friends actually saves the country millions of pounds a year. We have actual children who are caring for parents, and elderly parents caring for young adults. I live with a partner who's son is severly disabled with cerebral palsy, and caring for him is 24/7/365. He cannot be left on his own, even though it is his dearest wish. I worked out that my partner does 61,320 hours a year, we have fought for one day at a centre he enjoys this if we are lucky, we get 4 hours a week off, as we have to transport him 20 miles to because he cannot get transport. His mother left in 2004 and has not given a backward glance since, it his is father who has done all the caring for him and his two sisters for over 20 years, and his mother put him in a nursing home with the help of johns social worker without notifying him or his father in 2005. This social worker has caused us so much grief, as his respite care was changed and twice this week we have been told by these so called proffessionals that she is his mother and she had his best welfare at heart. His social worker dismissed the fact that his mother got drunk when she had him over for the night fell over and left him in a wheel chair for the night, he urinated in his chair, were his carer informed no, social services continued to place him at risk. I do all this young mans administration, I am not his mother, this young man is an inspiration to me, and writing this makes me so proud I can take care of him.