Monthly Archives: February 2012
Carer pair brave snow in 10-mile hike to patients
TWO dedicated carers braved blizzardlike weather conditions and walked for more than 10 miles to provide care for their most vulnerable patients.
Jilly Sharpe, 25, and Marlene Pearson, 58, both from Newhall, got up at 5am last Sunday to be confronted with freezing temperatures and at least six inches of snow, which meant they couldn’t get their cars off their driveways.
Undaunted, the carers — who work for Burton-based Radis Care — put on their walking boots and set out to Stapenhill for their first patient visit.
They then walked into Burton and on to Stretton before making their final call in Horninglow.
Why are people with Down’s Syndrome at high risk of Alzheimer’s
Study launched into Alzheimer’s link to Down’s
A £1 million study has been launched to investigate why people with Down’s syndrome are at high risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
The brain-imaging study is being carried out by Cambridge University researchers as the syndrome is one of the few disorders in which sufferers can expect the early onset of dementia to develop.
Nearly 900 families in fear over ‘the bedroom tax’ in Hinckley and Bosworth
Council tenants in Hinckley and Bosworth could face extra bedroom tax if Government plans get green light
Feb 9 2012 by Ben Eccleston, Hinckley Times
NEARLY 900 families in Hinckley and Bosworth could be hit with an extra tax for under-occupation if a new Government bill gets the go-ahead.
Figures from the National Housing Federation reveal that a total of 889 families living in council homes in the borough could be forced to shell out an extra £498 a year – labelled a bedroom tax – if their homes are deemed too large for the number of people living there.
