Homecare providers say there is a shortage of staff and pay rates are low due to lack of funding.
Nick Flynn, who has cerebral palsy, said he would not be able to live at home without the help of Carewise Northampton
When the major incident was declared it was estimated around 10% of front-line service staff were absent from work., but that did not stop West Northamptonshire Council's chief executive Anna Earnshaw revealing the authority is expecting a further six months of pressures on social care as a result of Covid-19.Figures fromsaid local authorities in England currently have 400,000 people on waiting lists for assessment.
Helen Kennedy is a care worker at Carewise Northampton which is a private, family-run company which has been operating for nearly 15 years. Chairman Justin Jewitt said the coronavirus pandemic has made the work Carewise does "four times as difficult".