Author Archives: Maureen

What If

June 6, 2011   Carers, family, young carers

What If

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Turning Niomi’s beautiful poem into a song for use in the Red Cross Shropshire Young Carers documentary

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Council offers reassurance over crisis in care homes

June 6, 2011   Alzheimer’s, Carers, Norfolk, Older care

Council offers reassurance over crisis in care homes

Shaun Lowthorpe Monday, June 6, 2011
8.49 AM

Fears for the elderly in care homes Fears for the elderly in care homes

They are the places we want to feel safe and secure in our twilight years.

But news that leading care home company Southern Cross is facing a dire financial crisis has sounded the alarm that the whole system is teetering on the edge.

And that is something which should alarm every generation whether it is mum, dad, grandad, grandma or child.

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New cancer test wins £50,000 innovation prize

June 4, 2011   Cancer, Carers

4 June 2011 Last updated at 03:43

New cancer test wins £50,000 innovation prize
 
 The Cytosponge costs a fraction of traditional methods of detecting oesophageal cancer cells
A new, cheap, less-invasive way to test for oesophageal cancer has won £50,000 as one of the first of the Department of Health’s innovations awards winners.

Cytosponge, a test for oesophageal cancer costing £25 compared to the £600 of a traditional endoscopy, came second in the DoH’s Innovation Challenge.

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