Two years ago Lorraine Menzies was left “heartbroken” when she lost her job of 16 years with North East Lincolnshire Council. But almost immediately, she was thrust into the role of full-time carer, as one family member after another was struck down by illness. Simon Faulkner reports.
… and how to make sure it doesn’t happen to you
By Tom Rawstorne
Published: 23:12, 13 June 2014 | Updated: 00:25, 14 June 2014
As a leading theatre director, 74-year-old Glen Walford has spent her long working life touring the world. But whenever she returned to Britain, she always knew she had a home — the pretty red-brick house in the Worcestershire countryside where she grew up.
Her childhood bedroom was still there, as well as her office and outbuildings filled with her belongings.
But when Miss Walford’s elderly mother, Mary, broke her hip in 2006 and had to go into a care home, the local council ruled that Miss Walford was only an infrequent visitor to the property — and therefore the house belonged exclusively to her mother, who would have to sell it to pay for her care fees.
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Carer John Cook and his wife Maureen who has dementia. Photo by Simon Finlay.
Jack Diplock-Cass is the Young Carers Champion at Great Yarmouth College. He helps look after his two brothers.
One in nine people in Norfolk is thought to be a carer, but many fail to recognise themselves as such and are missing out on vital help.
Jack Diplock-Cass didn’t realise he was a young carer until last year.
The 18-year-old helps his mum look after his brothers Sean, 17, who has deficits in attention, motor control and perception, and Colby, 10, who has autism.
While Jack, who lives near Northgate Street in Great Yarmouth, had done his best to cope, the strain took its toll on his social life, schoolwork and his health.
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