Author Archives: Maureen

How to hire a carer: 10 ways to ease the pain of getting help

March 28, 2014   Carers, Social care
HERE expert Sigrid Daniel suggests ways to make the process of finding care for an elderly relative easier

By: Laura Milne

There are ways to make finding a carer for an elderly parent or loved-one easier

If you have an elderly relative who is facing the challenges that come with advancing age, they may cling to what remains of their previous selves.

Their car might become a symbol of independence; their home filled with memories of better times.

To give these up may feel like a step too far but there are ways to approach the subject of care to make things seem manageable and less intrusive.

Here is a 10-step guide to introducing care for an elderly relative:

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Elderly ‘could be denied care’ under new system

March 26, 2014   Carers, Older care, ukcuts

Alliance of charities claims that thousands more elderly and disabled people could be shut out of care system because of gaps in new rules

 

Elderly unable to move around own home ‘could be denied care’ under new system

By , Social Affairs Editor

7:00AM GMT 26 Mar 2014

 

Thousands of elderly and disabled people unable even to get around their own home could be shut out of the care system under strict new national frailty tests, a coalition of almost 80 charities has warned.

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Appeal to secure future of carers’ site

March 26, 2014   Cancer, Carers, dementia, Multiple Sclerosis

Can you help to bring the outside world into the lives of those unable to leave their home

Carers website produces fundraising calender, and woman who runs site wins digital hero award. Hellesdon woman Wendy Maxwell, who runs carers website Chill4Us, has won the East region TalkTalk Digital Hero Award and the £5,000 that goes with it.; PHOTO: ANTONY KELLY  Wendy Maxwell

PHOTO: ANTONY KELLY

Wednesday, March 26, 2014
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