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Paralysed actor forced to call 111 after carer fails to turn up for shift
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Clarke is one of the countless elderly who rely on the support of strangers when they’re at the most vulnerable In 2017, the Pay Equity act increased the wages of aged-care workers. But the pay rate “doesn t matter if there are no hours”. District health boards set the amount of in-home care time a recipient receives, and if they require more than that, the support worker must choose between walking away or working unpaid and potentially cutting into another client’s time. According to the MidCentral District Health Board’s policy on needs assessment and service coordination, they fund 15-60 minutes for personal care, such as showering, toileting and changing clothes.
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Eric Clarke lives alone, requiring daily assistance with his personal care and hygiene. He says the support he receives is often inadequate, and having to constantly explain his needs is demeaning.
An elderly man feels so let down by the scattershot state of his in-home care, he wants to give back the Queen’s Service Medal he once received for services to health. Twice a day Eric Clarke, 87, opens the front door of his Feilding home to carers. They see him at his most vulnerable, as the treatment he needs is intimate. But too often they are strangers, and too often they are careless, leaving Clarke anxious, angry and humiliated, and twice in need of an ambulance.
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