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Are you still waiting to have your Carers Assessment?
Carer’s Assessments – know your rights
February 14, 2013
Caring for someone who has additional needs due to their age, illness or disability is a vey difficult job.
The law says that if you provide a ‘substantial’ amount of care to someone on a ‘regular’ basis you have a freestanding right to a carer’s assessment. This applies to carers of any age who provide care to adults or disabled children.
In addition, carers should be included and consulted during the care assessments of the person that they look after.
Carers turn Bradford city into Bradford knitty!
Carers’ Resource have Bradford City’s Capital One Cup Final covered
4:32pm Monday 18th February 2013 in News
from left, Angela Lloyd-Roberts, Louise Flint and Lucy Tiffany with some of the Bantams creationsMeet James Hen-son and Rory Cluck-Ardle – the creations of a charity which has turned Bradford City into Bradford Knitty.
Each year, the Carers’ Resource teams in Shipley and Skipton team up with Cadbury’s to knit Easter chick covers for the chocolate giant’s Creme Eggs – and raise money in an eye-catching fashion.
But this year’s collection features a limited edition in claret and amber to commemorate Bradford City’s trip to Wembley Stadium for the Capital One Cup final against Swansea City on Sunday.
The project hatched the idea of turning Bantams’ stars such as James Hanson into James Hen-son and Rory McArdle into Rory Cluck-Ardle, after the side dumped Premiership opponents Aston Villa out of the cup.
NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Cares
New mental health service for people in Cornwall
A new service has been set up to improve the mental health of people in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
BeMe is part of a national network of services known as ‘Improving Access to Psychological Therapies’ (IAPT).
NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly approved the new provider after a formal commissioning process at the end of 2012.
Neill Richardson, BeMe’s clinical lead, said his team offered a range of services to people experiencing anxiety and depression.
