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Woman who ate catfood after care cuts now to get earlier meal
Suffers hypoglycaemia attacks due to dipping sugar levels causing her to pass out
A BLIND pensioner who claimed she begged strangers in the street to cook her food when her care visits were reduced is relieved her meal times have now been changed.
Jan Milne, a disabled diabetic, said she suffers hypoglycaemia attacks due to dipping sugar levels causing her to pass out.
The 71-year-old widow from Dormanstown, Redcar, receives daily meals when carers visited at 8am, noon, and then 8.30pm. From Monday, the last call out will be replaced with a tea time dish at 5.30pm.
Have you had to take away the car keys of a relative with failing eyesight?
When did you last have an eye test?
When did you last have your eyes tests? Picture: Denise Bradley
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
8:11 AM
Drivers are ducking eye tests with some who need glasses at the wheel often declining to use them, says a survey.
As many as 26pc of drivers have not had an eye test in the last two years, the poll by road safety charity Brake showed.