ALLIANCE Live podcast with transcript – advice for Personal Assistant employers on COVID-19
- Area of Work: The ALLIANCE
- Type: News Item
- Published: 24th March 2020
Listen to Colin Millar from SPAEN, with advice and support for people who employ personal assistants during COVID-19.
During this very difficult period the ALLIANCE is going to produce a number of podcasts for people living with long term conditions, disabled people, and unpaid carers. These will cover advice, support, and comment on COVID-19.
Colin Millar of the Scottish Personal Assistants Employers Network (SPAEN) (this link will take you away from our website) joins us in this episode of ALLIANCE Live to share advice and support for people who employ their own personal assistants during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Listen to this podcast (this link will take you away from our website).
Read a fully transcripted version of this podcast.
The development of COVID-19 means that this is a very difficult and worrying time for people living with long term conditions disabled people, and unpaid carers. Scotland is in ‘lockdown’, and the support that many people use on a regular basis is under pressure.
If you are concerned that you have come into contact with someone who is experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 please visit nhsinform.scot/coronavirus (this link will take you away from our website) for information. This information is accurate at the date of publication (24 March 2020).
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