Category Archives: Carers
Happy birthday to Redditch Carers
Redditch charity celebrates 25 years of caring for carers
12:20pm Friday 29th March 2013 in News
Celebrating 25 years of caring for carers. Members of Carers Careline with mayor Alan Mason. Buy this photo RCR131305aREDDITCH charity Carers Careline recently had a celebration to mark quarter of a century of caring for carers in the town.
In attendance at the event on Monday, March 25 were current and former carers, staff, volunteers, trustees and counsellors.
In addition the mayor, Alan Mason, who is also one of the charity’s registered carers, attended the event as did Jeff Dry who was one of the original founders. Another carer kindly took the time to play the sitar at the event.
A spokesman said: “We support what we describe as “hidden carers” in the Redditch and Bromsgrove community. People who find themselves caring for parents, children, grandchildren, other relatives, a partner or even a neighbour.
“Often the situation creeps up on people without them realising, and some people deny being a carer because they see it as their duty to look after the person they care for. It can be a demanding role and often creates a sense of isolation especially if they are the only person in that caring position and don’t know where to turn for help.
Community car scheme will help elderly and carers in North Norfolk
Volunteer medi-car schemes set to expand in north Norfolk saving elderly stress and steep taxi fares
By alex hurrell
Friday, March 29, 2013
8:00 AM
Community car schemes which save elderly people stress and steep taxi fares look set to be rolled out over more areas of north Norfolk after a successful meeting in Cromer yesterday.
Representatives from a range of voluntary schemes in rural north Norfolk met to share their expertise with other communities which currently do not offer a service to take their residents to and from medical appointments.
Now their know-how may lead to schemes in Cromer, Sheringham and Bacton whose town and parish council representatives also attended.
Patients in East Anglia will receive care in a “timely and effective manner”
East of England Ambulance Service creates new posts
Maria Ball had been in post since the the trust was formedAn under-fire ambulance service has announced is to create new managements posts, a day after its chairwoman resigned.
The East of England Ambulance Service failed to meet standards in care and welfare in a recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection.
Maria Ball resigned on Wednesday, after five years in post.
The ambulance service, which has been ordered to improve, said it would create three new sector leads.
It means the work of the ambulance service in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire will be managed separately to Norfolk and Suffolk, and Essex.
A spokesman said powers were being devolved to a local level, with sector leads and general managers, to “ensure that staff are empowered to make changes that are needed locally”.
Last week’s CQC report came after months of complaints about response times.
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