Adult social care: 'I just need somebody to check in on me'

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Adult social care: 'I just need somebody to check in on me'
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Vera Shilling, 62, who has severe visual impairment, says accessing social care can be difficult.

Vera Shilling says that accessing the right social care can be "difficult" because it is more focused on "basic needs"A woman says the social care she desperately needs is difficult to access because it is only "focussed on basic needs".

Mrs Shilling said: "If I spill milk on a worktop and wipe it off, I didn't really know whether I've really wiped it off or whether I've just smeared it over the top. "Can somebody get up in the morning? Can they wash and dress themselves, and can they eat?" she said. She said: "It's a very demanding job, very emotional, you need to have lots of training in terms of medical needs.

Ms Males fears it will get to the point where "people are not going to want to work in this sector."found that the East of England had a vacancy rate of 10.1% in 2022/23, which was higher than the national average.

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