Category Archives: Carers
Health bus aims to help those dedicated to looking after others
A HEALTH bus has put wheels into motion to help raise awareness of carers.
And on board is one woman who knows all too well the physical and mental strain of looking after others.
ALL ABOARD: A carers health bus is touring supermarkets across North East Lincolnshire. Back, Angie Hunt, carer support worker, Amanda Pearce, Adult Social Care, Helen Tinmurth, massage therapist, Helen Kirk, of the Carers Centre, Mandy Burkitt, parent carer support worker, Tracy Slattery, Young People Support Service, Abigail Lord, health trainer. Front, from left, Lisa Revell, strategic lead for palliative and end-of-life care, Christine Wallis, former carer and Debbie Burres, carers project co-
Former carer of nine years Christine Wallis, of Grimsby, looked after her mother-in-law, mum and dad prior to their deaths – the most recent being her mum who died in January.
Now the 57-year-old has hitched a ride on the latest campaign that will deliver advice and guidance to others like her.
A carers health bus, packed with individuals from various organisations including Care Trust Plus (CTP), Young People’s Support Service, a parent carer support worker from North East Lincolnshire Council, Adult Social Care, end-of-life care service and more, will be stopping at all supermarkets across North East Lincolnshire during the next few months.
I love my disabled child – but I’d give my life to make her normal
The mother of a severely autistic girl makes a painfully honest confession
- Meg Henderson writes a reply to Dominic Lawson who said he would never want to ‘cure’ his daughter from Down’s syndrome
- Daughter Louise is brain-damaged and autistic and mother says disability took an ‘intolerable toll’ on the family
- At 34, Louise is now settled in a special village in Fife where she receives dedicated care
PUBLISHED: 00:59, 28 November 2012 | UPDATED: 10:13, 28 November 2012
Most nights, for more years than I can remember, I have had the same dream. I’m walking along the street, arm-in-arm with my beautiful, dark-haired daughter.
Her brown eyes are sparkling with joy, she’s chatting 19 to the dozen, making me laugh and giggle along with her. But every morning I wake to the same chilling reality. My 34-year-old daughter, Louise, is disabled.
Her speech can be almost unintelligible even to us, she will never hold down a job, have a family or even live by herself. Louise is a scared, anxious little girl imprisoned in a woman’s body.
Mental health service failing thousands in crisis every year
Mental health services in England are failing thousands of people in crisis every year, because they are understaffed, under resourced, and overstretched, says the charity MIND.
Caroline White
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
The charity bases its conclusions on three separate pieces of research: Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to mental health trusts; a service user survey of almost 1000 people; and preliminary research by University College London.
The findings show that four out of 10 mental health trusts (41%) in England have staffing levels that are well below established benchmarks, and access to crisis care varies widely.
One in 10 crisis teams still fails to operate services 24/7, despite recommendations by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).
Only half (56%) of crisis teams accept self-referrals from known services users and just one in five (21%) from service users that aren’t already known to them. This is despite NICE guidance that crisis teams should offer self-referral as an alternative to emergency services.
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