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Disgust after Lancashire woman’s care funding is refused
Disgust after Knuzden woman’s care funding is refused
12:21pm Wednesday 11th April 2012 in Blackburn
THE family of a woman paralysed from the neck down are appealing against a decision by health bosses to refuse funding for her continuing care.
The children and husband of Jean Hannon, who was left paralysed following an operation last August, said they were ‘appalled and disgusted’ by a decision by NHS East Lancashire not to grant the family funding for her continued care.
And now a health scrutiny boss has vowed to highlight the family’s plight.
Jean’s husband Terry, 72, who is registered disabled and relies on a mobility scooter and stairlift, said he is left to care for his wife and do the cooking, cleaning, washing and ironing despite his own health issues.
The couple, of Knuzden Brook, Knuzden, had to get rid of their furniture to make way for a medical bed, hoist and wheel-chair in their living room.
Son Terry, 52, of Kingsley Close, Blackburn, said: “My mum was discharged from the Royal Blackburn Hospital a week ago after eight months in hospital. We had a meeting prior to that with the PCT and they told us she wasn’t eligible for funding towards her care.
Don’t be afraid of asking for help
Don’t be afraid of asking for help – carer mum, Joyce
‘Help is there’ … Joyce Butters with her son, Paul.
UP until Paul Butters started school, his parents had no idea he was suffering from a learning disability due to a lack of oxygen at birth.
But after his diagnosis, Joyce became not just his mum but also his full-time carer.
Two of her three children have now left home, but at 42 Paul is still at the forefront of his mum’s mind.
“Everything I do I have to take Paul and his needs into consideration,” she said.
A passion for caring
“You just have to get on with it.”
Ian Hobin’s day is a million miles away from your average teenage boy.
To start with the 16-year-old is up at 6.30am every morning to help his younger brother get ready for school, take him to the gates and then get himself off to college.
