Author Archives: wendy
Taking care of the Mind
“One in four people will suffer from a mental health problem at some time in their lives and yet they are worried about telling their employer.”
Bassetlaw Mind held their annual AGM at Worksop Cricket Club and also celebrating 35 years of Mind, pictured are staff and commitee members (w120710-1)
Celebrities admitting mental health problems are helping to break down the stigma associated with mental illness, say staff at Bassetlaw Mind.
But there is still some way to go, with 98 per cent of working people saying they would be worried about telling their boss if they were taking prescribed anti-depressants.
Volunteer coordinator Su Hallam said: “There is still a stigma attached to mental illness, but celebrities talking about it has helped.”
“One in four people will suffer from a mental health problem at some time in their lives and yet they are worried about telling their employer.”
The Government’s Social Care White Paper and White Paper and Draft Care and Support Bill
Part Two: Food for Thought
Having finished my rant about the Government’s lack of backbone to adequately fund social care, here are some of the important points that were raised in the Social Care White Paper and Draft Care and Support Bill.
From 2015 the government will introduce national standards on access to care services. At the moment each council can set its own criteria, creating a so called postal lottery. National standards will help people to understand what they are entitled to.
The ticking time bomb of elderly care costs
There is a postcode lottery in this county on care
OVER the last week, the reality of perhaps this county’s greatest challenge — how are we going to pay for the care of our increasing number of older people – has begun to dawn.
And as I have written before, I regard this challenge as Gloucestershire’s demographic time bomb.
Now, that time bomb really is ticking.
But I am afraid that the government promises when they announced their White Paper on care for the elderly last week seem to be very hollow.
