Cornwall Council stopped payments for disabled woman’s care without organising alternative

Date of article: 04/02/2021

Daily News of: 05/02/2021

Country:  United Kingdom - England

Author: Local Government Ombudsmen for England

Article language: en

A Cornish woman was left without the support she needed after the council told her she could not pay her daughter to care for her, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman said. The woman, who has significant and complex needs, had been using her direct payments to pay her daughter to provide care for her. But Cornwall Council told the family this was not allowed because the daughter lived with...

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