Monthly Archives: February 2012
Bradford Council error leaves Thornbury pensioner in debt
“What if I couldn’t pay my carers and they didn’t come?
9:20am Monday 27th February 2012 in Bradford
A bedridden pensioner has been sliding into debt and unable to pay her essential carers because a clerical error by Bradford Council left her bank account empty.
Care company Bluebird Agency, supporting Joanne Goodship, 78, of Thornbury, Bradford, has been footing the bill for her care because of the problems which have left her £4,000 in arrears.
Fiona Phillips: Alzheimer’s drugs robbed my dad of life
The Daily Mirror columnist said sedatives doctors gave to Neville, 77, crushed his personality and left him a wreck
Furious Fiona Phillips believes her father’s death was brought on early by strong drugs used to treat his Alzheimer’s disease.
The Mirror columnist, who is campaigning for better care for the elderly, said sedatives doctors gave to Neville, 77, crushed his personality and left him a wreck.
It is now 20 days since Fiona’s dad died and her grief is still brutally raw. But this pain is not a new emotion.
Fiona has been mourning her parents, Amy and Neville, for an agonisingly long 14 years since her mum first began to be gradually stolen away by Alzheimer’s disease.
By the time she died in May 2006, her dad was already firmly in the grip of the same illness. It was a cruel coincidence which has come to dominate the family’s life.
Stammer battlers to appear on BBC3 show Stop My Stutter
Two inspirational people from Norfolk who have battled to overcome speech impediments will have their voices aired tonight on a BBC documentary called Stop my Stutter.
Sarah Webster, of Kirby Cane, near Bungay, was able to keep her stammer hidden for 20 years by carefully choosing what she said and avoiding certain words – including her own name, which she struggled with the most.
Now the 25-year-old is finally taking steps to fulfil her dream of becoming a primary school teacher, after finding her confidence through a radical speech therapy course, the McGuire Programme.
Sarah, who is a nanny and an artist, is part of a support group in Norwich and was selected to take part in an intensive five-day course in Birmingham under the instruction of pop star Gareth Gates, which was filmed for the BBC Three show.
