More than five million people potentially at risk of health complications from flu went unvaccinated in England over the winter. Hundreds of thousands of frontline health workers also had no jab, leaving them open to infecting vulnerable patients.
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Did you as a home carer get a flu vaccination?
Millions at risk of flu complications went unvaccinated in England
Chief medical officer for England demands big increase in take-up for 2011-12 ‘flu season’, warning health authorities to order enough supplies now
The chief medical officer for England has demanded a big increase in take-up for the 2011-12 ‘flu season’. Photograph: David Cheskin/PA
Do you have difficulties being a carer and getting a dentist?
It would be downright shocking for most to realize that the British are nefarious for having particularly bad teeth. Even though the living conditions in the country are contemporary, the dental care facility is not even anywhere close to a corresponding status.
How my mother became my child
How my mother became my child: It’s the challenge every adult fears… having to care for a parent with dementia
By Marianne Talbot
Last updated at 11:22 PM on 25th March 2011
When her mother Lesley was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2003, Marianne Talbot, then 47, agreed to become her main carer, giving up her independent life, while continuing to teach philosophy at Oxford University. This is the deeply moving story of their laughter and their pain . . . and the terrible dilemmas that more and more families have to confront in our ageing society.
Role reversal: Marianne Talbot as a baby with her mother, Lesley
Winter 2006
Of all our little rituals, getting Mum up in the morning is the one I enjoy most. I go into her room at about 8.40am, draw the curtains and sing: ‘Wakey, wakey, rise and shine!’ Mum mutters something and pulls the duvet closer. I lean over, kiss her and say: ‘Ten minutes, then I’m going to tip you out.’
