Author Archives: wendy

Crawley care home staff arrested

October 5, 2011   Carers, Older care

Crawley care home staff arrested over neglect

 Orchid View is operated by Southern Cross Healthcare

Two staff members at a West Sussex care home have been questioned by police about the mistreatment of residents.

The 54-year-old woman and 48-year-old man were arrested on suspicion of ill-treatment and neglect at Orchid View, in Copthorne, Crawley.

The pair were released on police bail until next month.

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7,000 carers in Scotland could see their heating bills fall

October 4, 2011   Carers, Scotland
Heating bill scheme to help carers

(UKPA) – 1 hour ago

Up to 7,000 carers could see their heating bills fall after the Scottish Government announced it was expanding a special scheme.

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Ways that my son with autism has embarrassed me

October 4, 2011   autism, Carers

Autism, Social Thinking and Embarrassment: It’s Not a Bad Thing…

 

A couple of weeks back, the theme for a wonderful facebook group called Special Saturday was Embarrassing Moments. This has been rattling around in my head for a while now as I have been considering a couple of different ways that I could approach this as a topic.

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