Unpaid carers feel 'forgotten' in lockdown
'We are a forgotten army of people'He cares for his 18-year-old daughter Caoimhe who has Down's syndrome and multiple learning and physical disabilities, as well as his wife Meabh who has degenerative spinal disease and several other disabilities."We are a forgotten army of people who are doing a job that is taking huge pressure off a very badly damaged health system," he said.
A spokesperson for the Southern Trust said it was very aware of the profound effect of the pandemic on the delivery of health and social care services and the disruption on people using services and their families and carers. "As the Covid environment improves it is anticipated that residential capacity can again be upscaled and that additional children assessed as requiring residential Short Breaks can avail of the service".
"It works out at £1.90 an hour as a carer per week - it covers the essentials but it's not like it's something you can live off," she said.Emma said she has to "save up" to afford dentist appointments or vet bills despite working eight hours in a retail job to top-up her income.
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