Author Archives: Maureen
Norfolk County Council u-turn on elderly care cash welcomed by campaigners
Richard Wheeler Monday, January 23, 2012
7.47 PM
Norfolk County Council had revealed proposals to axe the Quality Assurance Service.
But the plan prompted an EDP-backed campaign from Age UK Norfolk, Age UK Norwich and older people’s forums, which warned this could jeopardise the safety of elderly people at a time when the service was already being overhauled.
Come and make some noise
Come and make some noise
Local children and young people with disabilities or sensory impairments are invited to take part in Making Noise in the Village – and to bring their families with them.
Making Noise in the Village follows the success of the Making Noise music-making project which began in Lincolnshire last summer.
Workshops are now being run in Gainsborough by music facilitators from Lincolnshire Music Development Agency SoundLINCS – who have specific experience in working with children with special needs.
Terminally-ill man offered `return-to-work’ advice
“This sums up all that is worst about the work capability assessments and the processes attached to it.”
Jan 19 2012 Hamilton Advertiser
A MAN in the final stages of a terminal illness has been offered the chance to meet with a Jobcentreplus return-to-work advisor.
The invitation was branded an insult by Elizabeth McGowan, whose husband Stevie was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2002.
Former painter and decorator Mr McGowan (51) is also registered blind and suffering severe dementia.
He is bed-ridden and looked after 24/7 by loving wife of 26 years Elizabeth and a team of dedicated carers at the couple’s home in Ivy Place, Blantyre.
