Category Archives: Carers
Toyah Willcox heartbreaking story of her beloved mum
Toyah Willcox: Doctors put my mother on ‘death pathway’ without telling me
Toyah Willcox, the singer and actress, has spoken of her shock at learning that doctors had placed her elderly mother on the controversial Liverpool Care Pathway.
By Sam Marsden
7:09AM GMT 25 Mar 2013
Miss Willcox said she was not consulted about the decision to withdraw life–saving treatment.
She said she overheard a nurse tell her 81-year-old mother: “It’s all right Barbara, the end is near.”
The singer said she had wanted to support her mother when she was told she was being put on the Liverpool Care Pathway, which involves withdrawing invasive treatments or tests from patients in their final days and hours in order to ease their suffering.
Her mother, who had been suffering from cancer, died in her sleep in September 2011, a week after being admitted to St Richard’s Hospice in Worcester.
Help for pensioners and carers who live in London
A winter warmer for pensioners and their carers
Victoria Borwick, Deputy Mayor and London Assembly member on our new campaign to make sure older Londoners get the benefits they’re entitled to.
It is sad to think in these difficult times that many pensioners in London may be missing out on an extra £35 a week, or £1,800 a year in pension credits. That’s why we’re running a new campaign to raise awareness and remind older people that they are able to claim.
Police help family unpaid carers have a life
Borough carers centre boosted by £1k police cash
12:00pm Sunday 24th March 2013 in News
A BOROUGH care and respite centre has been boosted by a £1,000 donation by West Midlands Police.
Crossroads Care, based in the Pensnett Trading Estate provides free trained carer support and respite for disabled or sensory impaired borough residents, helping over 140 families every week with care facilities in their own home.
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