Monthly Archives: February 2012
Carers can often feel lonely and forgotten!
Campaigners warn loneliness is ‘hidden killer’ of elderly
Loneliness is the ‘hidden killer’ of older people, according to a new charity campaign which is calling for greater recognition of the link between isolation and ill-health.
The Campaign to End Loneliness warns that lonely older people are at increased risk of depression, lack of exercise and bad diet.
The campaign, set up by a range of charities – including People’s Health Trust funded group WRVS – warns that almost one in ten older people suffer from ‘intense’ loneliness.
Cancer support group in jeopardy
THE future of a vital service, which has supported thousands of people affected by cancer throughout Northumberland, has been put in doubt after crucial funding has been discontinued.
The Northumberland Macmillan Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) Welfare Benefits service, which started in 2007, looks set to close county-wide at the end of March, unless major help is found. A slimmed-down version may still be offered in parts of the region, with one CAB representative saying he is ‘absolutely certain’ that attempts will be made to keep it going somehow.
Fight for M.E sufferers
Fight for M.E sufferers
8:40am Thursday 16th February 2012 in
Britain’s M.E. patients are simply too ill to fight the ignorance, injustice and neglect they face from Government, parts of the NHS, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), employers, teachers and sometimes even family members.
