Monthly Archives: July 2011

Carers who are able to work need support to fit around their caring roles

July 23, 2011   Carers, disability

Jobs: ‘Give more employment choice to disabled people’

 

 
Published on Friday 22 July 2011 16:14

A review of employment support for disabled people has concluded that help should be focused on the individual instead of the institution. 

Liz Sayce, the chief executive of disability rights group RADAR, recommended changes to government policy to support disabled people to work in any role in any sector – rather than in segregated employment.

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Hospital visitors told to consider speaking to relatives via Skype

July 22, 2011   Carers, mental health

The families of patients at an NHS trust have been urged to consider speaking to them via the internet rather than making bedside visits.

 

 
 By Martin Evans

11:25AM BST 22 Jul 2011

 They are offering people the opportunity to use Skype to speak to their loved ones rather than travelling to the hospital everyday.

The scheme, being proposed by Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, is intended to save money among relatives who receive travel expenses.

Mental health patients in Berkshire are due to be relocated from Ascot, Maidenhead and Slough to Reading.

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Where is the family when you are a Carer?

July 22, 2011   Carers, health

My sisters don’t want to know us any more

by Coleen Nolan, Daily Mirror 22/07/2011
 

Dear Coleen,

I’m one of 10 children and I don’t see or hear from any of my siblings, including my four sisters.

I care for my disabled children as a single parent after my partner passed away.

I can’t understand why my sisters behave the way they do. One lives nearby and in the past I’ve looked after her kids and helped her decorate. I just wish that they’d show me some consideration.
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