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OT_CarersUnite is an a/c by a carer who values OT. I used to be an OT before being a carer. If you have a need for OT, please seek the advice of an HCPC/registered OT The views expressed here are those of the account holder

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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Good morning. So the clocks have changed and the mornings are dark once more. Enjoy a lie in if you can x
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Good morning . I wonder how many #OccupationalTherapists are online.?
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/tens-of-thou...
disabilitynewsservice.com
Tens of thousands tell government: We reject any plans to cut PIP
Tens of thousands of disabled people and allies have made clear to the government that they reject any plans to cut spending on personal independence payment (PIP) and other disability-related supp…
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
This week in #OTs&Carers #OT_Carer #Carer #Disabiliy news @theRCOT @carers-uk.bsky.social CarersUK published their statement of caring survey www.carersuk.org/policy-and-r... showing that carers report not having their needs met .
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State of Caring survey | Carers UK
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Carers Scotland @carersscotland.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
We're delighted to be at Scottish Green Party conference showcasing priorities for change for unpaid carers in the next Scottish Parliament. If you're at the conference, come and visit our National Carer Organisation stand in the marquee. @scottishgreens.org
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Carers UK @carers-uk.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Do you ever feel like you have no one to talk to? Join us for a session with The Almond Tree Foundation that explores the main causes of isolation and loneliness and what you can do to support yourself. go.carersuk.org/4gXXmXF
A close-up image shows two people sitting closely, with one resting their hands on the other's knee. They appear to be offering comfort. Overlaid text reads "Overcoming Isolation and Loneliness, Tuesday 21 October, 2-3pm" in bold red boxes. The Carers UK logo is in the top right corner.
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Its a l9vely sunny day on the sputh coast of England. There's a gentle breeze..
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Just wondering how many have moved across from other social media sites to here. I cannot manage to duplicate posts. #Carer #UnpaidCarer #FamilyCarer #OT #OccupationalTherapy #OccupationalTherapist
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
1.. #UnpaidCarers should be given free financial advice re the impact of giving up employment, benefits entitlement, and pension payments. They should be supported to pay into a pension and offered 'trade union' support regardless if whether they are employed. #OT_Carer
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
www.surveymonkey.com/r/QNFLPB3?ut...
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State of Caring Survey 2025
Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
USA Republican & UK Labour both passed measures to reduce welfare spending for sick and disabled people
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Some people with mobility issues or who are wheelchair users need to be rewarded too... perhaps reward swimming or other exercises otherwise the scheme is ableist. Make healthy food cheaper. Then people will have a choice of what to buy and eat. #Carer #OT_Carer #OTs&Carers
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
This is very concerning, as it will encourage people to gamble and perhaps lose their own and indeed other's money and leaves people vulnerable to economic coercive control .. would have been better to tax everyone an extra 1% for 2 yrs as a covid recovery measure... No.
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Welcome to my world .. add in threats of benefit withdrawal...
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... Where multiple protected characteristics intersect and are combined with deprivation it is not surprising that ill health results. #Carers have a tough time extra stress, list earnings/pension & fear of lost benefits...
theguardian.com
Britain’s ‘medieval’ health inequality is devastating NHS, experts say
Exclusive: Health service estimated to be spending £50bn a year on effects of deprivation and child poverty
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
#Tescos have introduced self service conveyor belt tills where staff used to be. so need to pick items off shelf, load trolley, unload onto conveyer belt, place on scales,pay, pack bags place in trolley take out of trolley, into car out of car in house & fridge etc. Im wiped out. #Arthritis
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
It seems as if people will be 'supported' into voluntary work... I wonder if they will be sanctioned if they don't do it? What conditions are over medicalised? #OT_Carer BBC News - Plans to help benefits recipients into work 'a mess', say DWP officials www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Government jobs support plans 'a mess', DWP officials tell BBC
Plans to help those affected by benefits cuts into work are not "properly considered", officials tell the BBC.
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
many carers are expected to do more than what one person should have to do: paid employment, home maintenance and sandwich caring for elders & children, which limits opportunities for leisure and social activities... #Carer
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Carers UK @carers-uk.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
It is vital that we use carers' voices to campaign for change. We hugely appreciate anyone who can fill in our State of Caring survey www.surveymonkey.com/r/QNPDKV2?utm_…
Red background with the "carersuk" logo at the top. A white megaphone graphic emits a beam with the text "Make your voice heard." Below, white text reads "State of Caring 2025."
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
www.bigissue.com/news/social-... I hope the bill is blocked. There are very limited pathways to lift people out of poverty once caring ends. Imagine existing for yrs without breaks, subsequent exhaustion, sickness & disability; increased bills when caring ends, no suitable flexible/ apprenticeships
bigissue.com
Could the government's disability benefit cuts be blocked by Labour MPs?
More than 100 Labour MPs have backed an amendment calling for the disability benefit cuts to be blocked. Here's what it means.
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Following a death, how much support do you give to the bereaved? Social isolation is real. I've not spoken to or heard from any one today. Ive had a few texts but these are inherently different from speech. Im so tired.too.He ho.
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
It's carers week next week. Remember to #CareForTheCarer The focus is on #Equality
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Surely this shows that carers and disabled people they care for are extremely vulnerable to proposed changes in PIP. #Poverty #Inequality #Carer questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
questions-statements.parliament.uk
Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
1.CARERS WEEK 2025 9th-15thJune Focus on Equality #Carers experience #Inequality #Social_Isolation #Poverty Poor #MentalHealth Poor #PhysicalHealth What will you do to promote equality ??? @CarersUK @theRCOT #OT #OccupationalTherapy #UnpaidCarer
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Unpaid carer wins overpayment penalty case against DWP
Andrea Tucker has overturned the demand for £4,600 in carer’s allowance overpayments for alleged breaches in benefit rules
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
BBC News - Hospital funding announcement next week, BBC told www.bbc.com/news/article... This hosputal was also among the first to become an NHS Trust. The building was targeted in WW2 due to its colour and has needed updating for many years. #BBC #OTs&Carers
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Hospital funding announcement next week, BBC understands
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said the government planned to rebuild the NHS.
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
This is worth reading. How can people on benefits afford good food? Those who are able can grow their own but.... oats, rice pears, strawberries among the most affected by pesticides, herbicides, arsenic @jceoltasmith.bsky.social #Disability #Carer #OT_Carer youtu.be/E4nJ07_02NQ?...
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The truth about organic food - according to science | Tim Spector
YouTube video by ZOE
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
www.specialneedsjungle.com/sen-resource... #ParentCarer #OT_Carer #Disability #SEND
specialneedsjungle.com
SEN Resource Bases and Unit Provision in Secondary—what are they and do they count as inclusion? - Special Needs Jungle
Nancy Gedge, who manages a mainstream secondary resource base, explains what they are and how to ensure they're inclusive
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Carers alliwance and carers credit. ...what us not said ...is that carers who become disabled themselves cannot get carers credit and LCWRA... carers often become ill due to a lack of respite and poverty
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Carers Scotland @carersscotland.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
We have a new factsheet about Carers Support Payment, the new financial benefit which has replaced Carer's Allowance in Scotland. Find out more and download the factsheet here: buff.ly/41zj8eK
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/... #Disability #OT_Carers #Carers
thecanary.co
DWP complaints up 38%, with Universal Credit causing chaos for countless families
One DWP complaint revealed that it told a dying claimant that they owed it £89,000 - when they didn't actually owe anything at all
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
BBC News - Rob Burrow's widow highlights 'amazing' carers www.bbc.com/news/article... #Carer #OT_Carer #DisabledCarer #Disabled I've been failed by the local authority both as a carer and disabled person. #Isolation #Poverty #Exhaustion #Illness
bbc.com
Rob Burrow's widow highlights 'amazing' job of carers
Lindsey Burrow says the country "would not cope" without the work done by unpaid carers.
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Perhaps they could survey the impact of the process of claiming benefits on people's health and have a public review. They could look at overlapping factors such as deprivation, mental health, caring etc.
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
1.This is worth reading if you are an #OT or and #Carer. I have had a horrendous year and #DWP have not helped @jceoltasmith.bsky.social @thecanaryuk.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/long-read/20...
thecanary.co
DWP strips severely chronically ill mother and disabled son of £8k a year in Universal Credit migration
Sham DWP managed migration to Universal Credit has stripped a disabled mother and her disabled son of benefits as winter bites
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Sometimes being a #Carer is an incredibly lonely experience. Feeling the isolation today...
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
BBC News - Thatchers Cider to give away trees to community groups - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Thatchers Cider to give away trees to community groups
Somerset-based Thatchers is looking for 50 groups that would benefit from having their own orchard.
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Welcome to my world. I wonder how many 51-60 ur d women in the study were carers. It's time that epidemiologists & public health officials counted #Carers in data collection #LongCovid #Arthritis #Disability @jceoltasmith.bsky.social
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Increased incidence of rheumatoid arthritis after COVID-19
An increase in the incidence of inflammatory arthritis after COVID-19 has been reported. Since many diseases exhibit population-specific causal effect…
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
This should be interesting where children have been home educated as schools fail to meet needs. Where will the children be placed if they are not at home ?
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
This year's Christmas lectures look good #OTs&Carers www.rigb.org/christmas-le...
rigb.org
The 2024 CHRISTMAS LECTURES
Dr Chris van Tulleken reveals the revolutionary science inside our bodies when we eat.
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
If all homes were built to an accessible standard, then it would be easier for people to stay in their homes when #disabled. Wheelchair accessible homes would be even better. #OTs&CarersUnite BBC News - Major cities plan zero wheelchair-accessible homes www.bbc.com/news/uk-6263...
bbc.com
Revealed: Major cities failing to plan for any wheelchair accessible homes
Disabled people face a severe housing shortage as English cities fail to plan for accessibility.
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
1. Do look at the parliamentary questions on #Disability #Benefits #Caring This one is on PIP &the green paper on employment & #DWP will involve Disabled people in the process. #OT_Carer #OTs&Carers questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
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Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
www.specialneedsjungle.com/55-rise-2024... Only families are harmed by LAs breaking the law. The resume it causes is devastating. #OT_Carer #OTs&Carers #Disability #SEND #ParentCarer
specialneedsjungle.com
55% rise in 2024 SEND Tribunal appeals. LAs’ 1.3% success rate cost £153m. The cost to families? Incalculable - Special Needs Jungle
A 55% rise in 2024 SEND Tribunal appeals. LAs’ 1.3% success rate cost £153m. The cost to families? Incalculable. Read our analysis
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
I have deregistered as an OT on health grounds. I have changed the title to OTs&CarersUnite but will be posting as a carer.
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
This might be of interest to the scientists among us bsky.app/profile/egub... Cursor down for #carers related details
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
#Carer #OT_Carer www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
thecanary.co
600 unpaid carers prosecuted due to DWP failings
It is unconscionable that the DWP has punished carers for its own catalogue of errors and needlessly complex rules. But, here we are.
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Trish Wheatley @trishwheatley.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Looking to attract more disabled applicants to your roles? Check out our new guide to accessible recruitment disabilityarts.online/resources/gu...
disabilityarts.online
A Guide to Accessible Recruitment and Employment - Disability Arts Online
In this Resource Introduction A Guide to Accessible Recruitment DASH's 5 Top Tips For Accessible Recruitment Bonus Section: Accessible Employment What Next? Links to Relevant Resources Introduction Au...
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
1. A thread. Pl Share. #Motability #PIP #DLA #Poverty #Disability #OT_Carers #Carers Please read and act fast if you need a motability vehicle. The £750 towards an advance payment will be scrapped in jan. www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of...
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PIP and DLA claimants warned £750 payment will be scrapped at start of 2025
The huge change comes into effect in January
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Annabel Fenn @ndglimmers.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
If you are an occupational therapist who wants to deepen your understanding of neuro-affirming practice AND walk your dog at the same time, I highly recommend the Two Sides of the Spectrum podcast by Learn, Play, Thrive learnplaythrive.com/podcast/
learnplaythrive.com
Podcast - Two Sides of the Spectrum
A twice-monthly podcast where we explore research, amplify autistic voices, and change the way we think about autism in life and in professional therapy practice.
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OT_CarersUnite @otcarersunite.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
BBC News - Can you solve the GCHQ Christmas challenge? www.bbc.com/news/article... This looks fun #Carer
bbc.com
GCHQ Christmas challenge: Can you solve the puzzle?
The spy agency has released its notoriously tricky annual Christmas puzzle.
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