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Low palliative care use across Wales highlighted
Elderly people with cancer were less likely to get palliative care than younger ones
Less than half of people who died from cancer and only 5% of those dying from other conditions received specialist palliative care, a report has found.
The Marie Curie charity and the Bevan Foundation looked at figures from 2012, which also showed one in four hospital beds were used by patients in their last year of life in Wales
Older terminally ill people were much less likely to have palliative care.
Mum launches fight for carers' rights
First published Wednesday 26 November 2014 in News Northwich Guardian: Photograph of the Author by Gina Bebbington, Chief Reporter
A MUM and campaigner who has been a full time carer for 40 years is using Carers Rights Day to raise awareness of the problems she, and many others like her, face on a daily basis.
Moulton woman Dorothy Jump has cared for her son Christian since he was born.
Call for review of Carer’s Allowance application process
The Carers’ Association has called for a complete review of the application process for the Carer’s Allowance in respect of those looking after people with learning disabilities and autism.
The association said it is encountering a worrying rise in the rejection rate following desk-top assessments at the Department of Social Protection.
The father of a 16-year-old boy with autism drives 50 miles a day to bring his son to the Stepping Stones ABA school in Kilcloon, Co Meath.
Anthony Doolan gave up his permanent, pensionable job ten years ago to care for his son Paul full-time.
He said his son cannot be left at any stage on his own and needs to be under constant supervision.
