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Transcript of Interview - Mark Murphy/Douglas Pope
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Mark Murphy |
Now support service for carers in Suffolk is losing
its funding. Age Concern Suffolk runs two access
teams in Halesworth and Ipswich for carers who look
after people with dementia. Suffolk County Council
says it can no longer pay out £152,000 to fund those
teams.
Familiar story, isn’t it on this programme - the
County Council and funding being pulled? Douglas
Pope from Reydon near Southwold who looks after his
wife who has Alzheimer's uses the service in
Halesworth.
So Douglas, thanks for joining us on the programme
this morning. |
| Douglas Pope |
Thank you |
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Mark Murphy |
Your wife’s having a tough time of it at the moment. |
| Douglas Pope |
Well she’s in
respite at present. I’m supposed to have a week
off, but it’s not easy. Days are difficult; you have
to have a routine, you have to make sure that
showering, personal care, all the things that you
would do automatically for yourself naturally, you
have to do for her.
It isn’t easy and now Suffolk County Council in
their wisdom have decided to do what they think they
want to do. They don’t have any thought for the
users, it seems to me.
What about the oldies? I’ve written on my notes
here. They should be increasing the budget not
cutting it. Where do we go from here? |
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Mark Murphy |
What sort of support do you get from Access? |
| Douglas Pope |
We … my wife goes
to day care three days a week. She goes to
Halesworth to Jubilee Court Day Care Centre, and
then on Thursday she goes to Home from Home.
She’s a lady in Reydon … she has four guests, I
think that’s what she calls them … guests ….. and
they have lunch at each of these places and they do
wonderful things and it gives me respite and that’s
the point about it.
It’s the days are so long and you got this constant
pressure on you looking after another. |
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