tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486089283117981324.post5389750388534591813..comments2023-07-24T16:13:07.238+01:00Comments on Careless Carer: Children as CarersPenny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486089283117981324.post-7322061189811167442007-05-25T22:43:00.000+01:002007-05-25T22:43:00.000+01:00I know just what you mean about concentrating on t...I know just what you mean about concentrating on the bad - but sometimes that is all you can do when it's a round of doctors/specialist/claims etc - at the moment we seem to be coming to some adjustment. My man has been referred to a therapist who is able to give some temp relief from the whiplash neck problem and we hope it will last longer with time. It's enpough for him to start to do a few Penny Pincherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486089283117981324.post-55466735233057661212007-05-25T18:07:00.000+01:002007-05-25T18:07:00.000+01:00Hi I do know what you mean about the degradation ...Hi <BR/><BR/>I do know what you mean about the <BR/>degradation when filling in all these forms. That is the point in which I am now. It always makes me feel low having to concentrate on the bad. But I just keep on writing the poetry and vent my frustrations in those. I can understand how hard it must be for your husband. One day your living one way and then next your life has simple turned Poetesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03345303770870526761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486089283117981324.post-5883435730866070202007-05-23T20:22:00.000+01:002007-05-23T20:22:00.000+01:00Kind of you to drop in and leave a comment. As you...Kind of you to drop in and leave a comment. As you say Social Care/ Benefits are crazy system. A system which is easily 'worked' by unscupulous people but the 'deserving' who are often reluctant to make a claim, are made to jump through degrading hoops. I'm sorry about your eldest son.As you say family history is fascinating and wealth of info now on the web. My Man progresses but it's slow -I Penny Pincherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486089283117981324.post-31348754888833995642007-05-22T18:08:00.000+01:002007-05-22T18:08:00.000+01:00Helloi am so glad you raised the plight of child c...Hello<BR/><BR/>i am so glad you raised the plight of child carers. My two sons were 10 and 11 when they became my carers, my home workers and still had to juggle free time and school into that. there was no help at all for them. I could not get benefits because it was my children who were doing the caring for me. Yet because I had children I could not get care because they were seen as being Poetesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03345303770870526761noreply@blogger.com