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Clever about Cash

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Essential personal finance advice with Kim McAllister and Eileen Adamson.

Kim McAllister and Eileen Adamson are your guides on how best to manage your personal finances.

Clever About Cash offers practical advice on how to navigate the challenging area of personal finance. Kim McAllister and Eileen Adamson talk to experts who suggest tips which can make a real difference to your bank balance. Whatever your financial situation, this is the show to help you make the most of what you've got and learn how to make some more.

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Clever About Cash: The changing costs of care

The changing costs of care

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The impact of rising bills and a shortage of carers.

The impact of rising bills in households with care needs, and the financial and emotional effects of a carer shortage.

Charging ventilators, specialised food and driving to hospital appointments are just some of the additional costs for households with care needs that are being exacerbated by the cost of living crisis. Then add to that the shortage of carers and personal assistants that’s being experienced across the country just now.  

Kim and Eileen speak with three people experiencing care in different ways. Blogger Claire D’All is the Dundee Ambassador for accessibility review website Euan’s Guide. She is seeing massive energy bills at the moment due to equipment required in her home. Shubhanna Hussain-Ahmed from the Coalition of Carers in Scotland is an unpaid carer for several members of her family, and Maureen Ayre is the Senior Care and Support Administrator at Turning Lives Around, a care company based in Dundee – she’s been struggling to recruit new workers.

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