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Family home carers can benefit from having the internet
Carers can feel isolated in society so here we can see how the internet can change their world.
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Carer argues that council meeting should include carers
Carer slams decision to hold meeting in private
11:50am Monday 10th October 2011
A CARER has questioned why a health services meeting was held in private as Knutsford care centres face closure.
Charlotte Peters Rock, whose husband Cyril suffers from dementia, has slammed Cheshire East Council for denying her access to the September meeting of the health and wellbeing scrutiny committee.
It is World Mental Health Day today – lets stop the Gap!
World Mental Health Day
10 October 2011
World Mental Health Day raises public awareness about mental health issues. The day promotes open discussion of mental disorders, and investments in prevention, promotion and treatment services. The treatment gap for mental, neurological and substance use disorders is formidable especially in poor resource countries.