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	Personal Assistants - or lack of
I may be looking at residential Care (or I may be pigeon holed into Nursing care) because I am having such a hard time finding PA's.. Worse case scenario - yes, hence all the "maybe's" - but still a more possible outcome than the distant blur it used to be on the horizon. I live alone and rely totally on PA's. I have Type II SMA and have been a wheelchair user since 9 - 11 yrs. I use a ceiling track hoist and cpap, a powered chair and am very overweight. - Don't you just love me already ! Geography it seems (or even postcode lottery syndrome) plays a large part in the lack of candidates - let alone suitable candidates who apply for this job. I am in the industrial urban backwoods of Greater Manchester. A 'care job' here has the same target population as the mills did 60 years ago. However, in looking around the 'net I see, not surprisingly that to move out of the community where I would prefer to stay, into a 'home', serves up just as many pitfalls and empty facilities. Can you prove me wrong ?
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 4:24 pm

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catisha

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It doesn't seem to matter where you are, employing good PA's is always a problem. Have you tried a live in agency like Able community care? They opperate across the whole UK and at least have a large rosta of carers. Thier admin charges are amongst the lowest, but a large degree of patience is needed to sift through the bad carers before you find a good one.

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Tue May 15, 2007 1:00 pm

Christopher J Cusack II Esq.

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