They tell UTV that Trusts say carers paid via Direct Payments can no longer carry out or be trained to carry out the nursing tasks.
Families have been left devastated and struggling to provide round-the-clock care to loved ones with severe disabilities after health trusts blocked unqualified carers from providing nursing tasks they have been doing for years.
However, there has been a warning that unless the trusts allow carers to carry out nursing tasks, families will not be able to cope and some people will end up in full-time care.Deena Nimick, Policy and Campaign Manager at the organisation, said: "More and more people are coming forward with this same problem."We need either emergency legislation or we need new legislation, in the same way that other parts of the UK have.
Mum Tracey had an assistant paid for by Direct Payments to help with that care, however, the Northern Trust has told her it will not allow the assistant to carry out that element of her care.She said: "There wouldn't even be an hour between when she gets up in the morning and she goes to bed at night when I can go out."
"We are currently working in partnership with our regional colleagues to agree a position on the training and delegation of nursing tasks to unqualified social care staff. "Policy on direct payments is specifically designed to be person centred. The needs of service users are individually assessed and a care plan is then drawn up by the Trust.
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