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Linda McCafferty retweeted
Governments rely on unpaid carers to keep health & social care functioning. If an employer demanded the same hours, there’d be questions about safety, exploitation & duty of care. Why has there never been a major legal or human rights challenge over the harm done to unpaid carers
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Anybody know how this vote went by Glasgow Cllrs ? Glasgow to buy old NHS site to house young people with complex needs amid care crisis glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scot…
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Scotland sings “No Scotland, No Party”, but unpaid carers aren’t celebrating anything today. #CarersWeek ends with no progress, not even a goal to celebrate, no day off on Monday for us - Hard to feel national pride when our reality is invisible #CarersWeek2026
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As #CarersWeek talks about “carer‑friendly communities”, but my son’s needs are ignored. He can’t cope in shared accommodation - it would be a mini‑institution for him. He needs his own tenancy and tailored support. Independent living is his right, not a luxury.#CarersWeek2026
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As #CarersWeek ends - Independent living is a human right. My son is entitled to his own tenancy and the support he needs - not forced into unsuitable shared housing because the local authority won’t fund his assessed needs. #CarersWeek2026
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#CarersWeek is ending. Our crisis isn’t. My son’s right to independent living is ignored. My right to health and safe housing is ignored. This is not a “carer‑friendly community”. It’s a human rights failure. #CarersWeek2026
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Linda McCafferty retweeted
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It's very hard to get reasonable adjustments out of unreasonable ppl and organisations.
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Linda McCafferty retweeted
Carers Week often focuses on self-care, but many carers are exhausted because the support they need simply isn't available.
Sometimes the answer isn't a bubble bath.
It's respite.
It's social care.
It's Continuing Healthcare.
It's knowing your loved one is safe when you finally get a chance to rest.
What's one thing that would genuinely make your caring role easier?
#CarersWeek #UnpaidCarers #FamilyCarers #CarerSupport #SocialCare #ContinuingHealthcare
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How can Scotland claim to uphold human rights when disabled adults are denied independent living and ageing carers are left in unsafe housing? This is not “support”. It’s a breach of basic rights throughout #CarersWeek2026 @scotgov @scotgovhealth x.com/mccafferty2/status/206…
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Please don't turn your back on my plight @scotgov this is how the system works for ageing carers re housing while in caring roles #CarersWeek2026 #CarersWeek @S_A_Somerville @AConstance23 x.com/mccafferty2/status/206…
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Glasgow dad carries young wheelchair user upstairs every day as family home deemed 'unsuitable' glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasg…
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Linda McCafferty retweeted
Jun 13
Suddenly one person is expected to be available every hour of every day
To be responsible day & night
To sacrifice sleep, income, career opportunities, relationships and often their own health.
Society acts as though this is simply part of family life 🪡
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Linda McCafferty retweeted
Jun 13
What about legal protections for those unpaid carers working 60, 90, 120 hrs a week? They not count? Turn a blind eye to the exploitation? Lack of sleep, lack of day off ever, lack of being able to attend own medical appointments, lack of sick day, illegal in any other context
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Linda McCafferty retweeted
Jun 13
I see theres been a surge of disabled young people being denied independant living and being inappropriately forced into care homes, often taking advantage of a brief spell in hospital to withdraw support - or being told the only way they can leave hospital is to go into
a unit
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Carer orgs promote “carer‑friendly communities”,but unpaid carers are posting the reality of role, unsafe housing, failing health, no independent living pathways, no respite, living in hospitals 24/7 with not even a bed - MSPs need to hear the reality, not the PR. #CarersWeek2026
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Linda McCafferty retweeted
Jun 10
Looks about like what I slept on at Crumlin for 2 1/2 months. I think it's the same in both children's and adult hospitals - the healthcare system here is outdated and definitely not accommodating for family carers. Time they catch up to 2026.
#CarersWeek2026
#CarersWeek @BeforeWeDie
My bed for the last 4.5 weeks, who knows how long more. This is the reality for carers who have children with ID & complex medical needs. There are no facilities for us in adult hospitals. What do people thinks comes of our children when they reach 18?😓
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Linda McCafferty retweeted
Jun 12
Beds for carers caring 24/7 on adult wards .. and they wonder why our bodies are fucked I’ve had 2 frozen shoulders one fucked knee and live on pain killers n deep heat patches
ALT Sheet and pillow on a hospital ward floor
ALT Hard upright chair with pillow and sheets on adult ward . the sleeping arrangement for a carer
ALT A windowsill only place for carers to sleep while caring for adult son in hospital
ALT Cobbling together a bed from hard upright chair and sons wheelchair while caring for him in hospital on an adult ward
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Linda McCafferty retweeted
Jun 13
One person cannot safely work 168 hours a week
No employer would be allowed to demand it
No union would tolerate it
No health and safety professional would defend it
No court would consider it reasonable
Everyone understands that
Until the worker is called an unpaid carer🪡
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Like Clap for Carers/ NHS
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Linda McCafferty retweeted
Jun 13
I’m in a very similar position
Life sucks
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Refusing my son his own tenancy breaches his right to independent living. Forcing me, an ageing carer with disabilities, to keep going breaches mine. Human rights don’t disappear because a council budget is tight #HiddenReality #CarersWeek #CarersWeek2026
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