The study comes just days after the Alzheimer’s Society revealed only four out of ten said relatives with dementia had a good quality of life while in care.
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A special kitchen for adults and children with learning difficulties
Charity kitchen to boost work skills is opened
Dean Steele – Smith with his support worker Vanessa Barber.Photo: Steve Adams
By sophie wyllie
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
12:00 PM
Children and adults with learning disabilities will be able to learn work skills after a storeroom was transformed into a kitchen.
The new space for the About With Friends charity, based on Holt Road, Cromer, was officially opened by North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb.
About With Friends was started 11 years ago by Helen Dalton-Hare and it allows children and adults with learning disabilities from across Norfolk to develop skills including cooking, gardening, horse riding, communication and computer technology.
A smaller kitchen, especially for young people, was opened by Dean Steele-Smith, 17, from Suffield Park in Cromer.
Dean has Down’s Syndrome and traits of autism and cannot speak because of his condition.
His mother Julie Steele-Smith, 49, said: “The new kitchen is fabulous. Cooking has given Dean a purpose. He loves it here.
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Written byMARK MCKAY
Unpaid Family carers ‘at breaking point’
Updated: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:31:42 GMT | By pa.press.net
Family carers ‘at breaking point’
Mencap ambassador Jo Whiley called for help to provide short breaks for carers
The majority of people who care for disabled family members have reached “breaking point”, a charity has warned.
Mencap said that eight in 10 people who care for loved ones with a learning disability feel they do not get the respite or support they need.
Despite the Government allocating funds for carers to have short breaks from their caring responsibilities, the money was not ring-fenced and is being spent elsewhere, the learning disability charity said.
Half the councils across England have cut short break services so carers are not getting any time to themselves, the charity’s report Short Breaks states.
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