Category Archives: Carers

Event in North Norfolk for people with disabilities – 23rd April

April 18, 2013   Carers, disability, Norfolk

Equal Lives event in Cromer next week to discuss living with disabilities

Thursday, April 18, 2013
11:10 AM

Life for people with disabilities will be the subject of an open afternoon in Cromer next week.

The former Norfolk Coalition of Disabled People, which has just re-launched itself under the name Equal Lives, is holding the event in Cromer Parish Hall on Tuesday April 23 from 3pm-6pm.

The organisation is inviting people to come along and have their say on matters facing disabled people.

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Dementia concern

April 18, 2013   Carers, dementia

UEA expert claims dementia checks for all over-75s would be a “disaster”

Thursday, April 18, 2013
6:30 AM

Government plans to introduce dementia checks for all people aged over 75 would be a “disaster”, a local health expert has claimed.

Dr Chris Fox from UEA’s Norwich Medical School is calling for dementia screening to not go ahead.

The former NHS consultant will speak out at the TEDMEDLive healthcare conference in Bristol today and say the stigma and anxiety caused by being diagnosed with early signs of dementia would greatly outweigh any benefits.

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Cash boost for cancer patients

April 17, 2013   Cancer, Carers, ukcuts

CANCER patients have unlocked £850,000 in unclaimed benefits over the past year thanks to advice from Maggie’s Nottingham.

By Lynette Pinchess

 

The free service at the specialist cancer support centre helped to ease money worries of people, some terminally ill, who find it hard to cope.

  1. Advice: Benefits adviser Chris Bissett talks to former cancer patient and Maggie’s volunteer Anne Singh at the Maggie’s cancer support centre at the City Hospital.

Last year nearly 1,000 people sought information from Maggie’s about entitlements, making benefits advice one of the services most in demand at the centre in the City Hospital grounds, where emotional, practical and psychological support is provided.

Cancer patients list money worries as a main concern, second only to major pain, and it is only once they have been helped to put their finances in order that they can focus on treatment.

The vital support is likely to be more crucial than ever in the year ahead due to benefit cuts, such as the new bedroom tax, which started this month.

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