Category Archives: Cancer

Something free for carers in Devon

February 2, 2012   Cancer, Carers

Dartmoor walks allow carers to be with nature

Thursday, February 02, 2012

  Herald Express

 

FREE Dartmoor walks are being organised for people who care for a loved one affected by cancer so they can take some time off and re-energise themselves.

The monthly walks are designed to give cancer carers a chance to be with nature, step away from the trauma they are going through and find time and space form themselves.

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Verran Townsend, a qualified mountain leader and founder of OutsideInsights company, which organises similar walks for business people to help them think outside the box, started organising the Dartmoor walks after his partner was diagnosed with cancer.

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Norfolk Beer festival helps local cancer unit

January 30, 2012   Cancer, Carers, motor neurone

Cheers to Priscilla Bacon Lodge


Specialist palliative care unit receives donation from Norwich Beer Festival 
Edited by Andy Porter editor@wellbeingnorfolk.co.uk
A local specialist palliative care unit has received a significant donation from the organisers of the recent Norwich Beer Festival. Representatives from Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust’s [NCH&C] Priscilla Bacon Lodge received a cheque for £3,300 from Norwich and Norfolk Campaign for Real Ale [CAMRA] at an event held on 26 January.
The 16–bed inpatient unit, on Unthank Road, Norwich, is provided by NCH&C and offers specialist palliative care, advice and support to people with life–limiting illnesses, such as cancer or motor–neurone disease, and their family and friends.

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Carers who help cancer sufferers are missing out on getting help

January 27, 2012   Cancer, Carers

Millions of cancer carers missing out on benefits

More than a million cancer carers could be missing out on benefits and support because they are failing to ask their local councils for help to which they are entitled, a charity claims.

y , Science Correspondent

7:30AM GMT 27 Jan 2012

46 per cent of carers, who help cancer sufferers, suffer from mental health problems including stress, anxiety and depression

Just five per cent of the 1.1 million people in Britain who care for cancer sufferers have applied for an assessment from their council which would entitle them to claim financial and practical help, a poll shows.

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