Monthly Archives: June 2012
Paid Carers putting patients to bed early to save money
ELDERLY and disabled people are being put to bed early in a bid to save cash, the Daily Echo can reveal.
11:40am Thursday 21st June 2012 in News By Rachel Masker
And one Winchester pensioner has now complained his human rights are being neglected as he has been left in bed for 15 hours per day.
Some have received visits from home helps and been fed, washed and put to bed as early as 5pm.
Many others are in bed by 8pm because of a shortage of carers.
Yesterday the Daily Echo highlighted how Hampshire County Council and Southampton City Council commission just 15 minutes of care for some frail pensioners still living at home.
Brain tumour charities lobby Parliament
Charities lobbied Parliament last week, asking MPs to join the fight against brain tumours.
MPs were encouraged to improve awareness about brain tumours by pledging to sign an Early Day Motion, signing an e-petition, and to do more to promote awareness of brain tumours in their constituencies and to participate in meetings of the All Party Brain Tumour Group. Several Members of Parliament were photographed signing a Brain Tumour Pledge to help raise the issues with Parliament (Conservative MP Andrew Selous is pictured above).
The commitment shown by carers should be celebrated all year round
Carers deserve our thanks, and the chance to have a break from their responsibilities, says Jude Habib
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Jude Habib
- Guardian Professional,
A few weeks ago my aunt died. She had been ill with dementia for many years but her death was sudden and unexpected. I loved my aunt dearly but the person I worried most about when she died was her sister, who had tirelessly looked after her for such a long time and was her full-time carer.
When Sara died, my aunt F effectively was made redundant. And it wasn’t for the first time. More than 30 years ago, my grandmother died from Parkinson’s disease, having spent the last years of her life pretty much bedridden. My aunts cared for her selflessly and, in my opinion, at the expense of their own personal lives.
Those memories of visiting my grandmother and how loving and caring my aunts were towards her have always stayed with me.
