The changing costs of care

Published: Aug. 22, 2022, 5 a.m.

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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\\u2019s being experienced across the country just now.

Kim and Eileen speak with three people experiencing care in different ways. Blogger Claire D\\u2019All is the Dundee Ambassador for accessibility review website Euan\\u2019s 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 \\u2013 she\\u2019s been struggling to recruit new workers.

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