Author Archives: wendy

Women own most of the UK’s tablet computers says study

July 22, 2013   Carers, family, internet

There are now more tablet computers owned by women than men in the UK, according to a study.

YouGov’s latest Tablet Tracker report indicates that women owned 52% of the country’s touchscreen computers in May.

That’s a reversal of the position last year when the pollster put the figure at 43%.

It suggests the turnaround is driven by both the release of smaller tablets and women getting hold of second-hand devices.

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Rock ’n’ roll care homes for baby boomers

July 21, 2013   Carers, dementia, Older care

 Care homes will need to change radically

 

Care homes will need to change radically to overcome the fears of baby boomers who “dread” living in them, one of the architects of the Government’s reforms of the elderly care system has warned.

Paul Burstow, a former care minister,

By , Social Affairs Editor

Paul Burstow, a former care minister, said that homes need to be made “fit for the rock and roll generation”, who have been put off them by the experience of having their parents’ generation in them.

Mr Burstow, who chaired the committee of MPs and peers scrutinising the Government’s Bill to reform the system, will announce a commission of experts tomorrow to design a new model.

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Who cares about the carers? New manual is available

July 21, 2013   Carers, disability
  • Six million Brits work as a carer for an ill family member
  • A further 6,000 people take on the job as a carer every day
  • To aid them a Carer’s Manual has been released to help set them up

By Mail On Sunday Reporter

PUBLISHED: 22:00, 20 July 2013 | UPDATED: 22:32, 20 July 2013

When a loved one needs help, perhaps during illness or long-term incapacity, stepping in to help is an instinct. Six million Britons are carers to an adult, and every day a further 6,000 take on that huge responsibility.

But where do carers find the help and advice they need when the often complex network of health and welfare services can be daunting?

To support them, the British Medical Association has released a Carer’s Manual. Here, in the first of three extracts from it, we explore the initial steps to becoming a carer…

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