Monthly Archives: May 2011
Dementia experts call for new approach to support patients and carers
Dementia experts call for new approach to support patients and carers
Published on May 19, 2011 at 6:09 AM ·
New Report Identifies Home-based Care Pathway that Would Improve Patient and Carer Experience and Reduce the Cost of Caring for Dementia Patients by up to 25%
Dementia experts call for a new approach to supporting dementia patients and their carers, after identifying gaps in current health and social care provision. The findings are highlighted in a new report, written by a panel of some of England’s leading experts in dementia care, launched in the House of Lords today.
A rain of over 500 carers will form a human rainbow
Carers to form a human rainbow on Silver Jubilee Bridge in Halton
May 19 2011 by Mark Smith, Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News
CARERS in Halton are being invited to form a rainbow on one of the borough’s most recognisable landmarks.
The Rain of Rainbows event will see 500 carers and ex-carers lining up on the footpath of the Silver Jubilee Bridge decked out in all the colours of the rainbow.
Mother’s trauma over son’s club foot
Spixworth mother’s trauma over son’s club foot
Lucy Wright Wednesday, May 18, 2011
12:35 PM
Yasmin Desborough with her son, Cole. Photo: Antony Kelly
A Norwich mother told today how her baby son’s condition led to her being accused of child abuse by a complete stranger
Yasmin Desborough’s 10-month-old son, Cole, has talipes, commonly known as club foot.
It is a condition where the ankle is twisted, the foot points down and the sole faces inwards.
While his feet were being corrected, Cole spent the first eight weeks of his life in a plaster cast.
