Category Archives: Carers
Check your own home for fire safety – DVD
Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service
We want you, your family, friends and neighbours to be safe from fire in your home, to help you do this we have a short video which will highlight the risks in your home room by room and give you some advice on how to make it safer.
If you are over 60 or have a disability which could make it more difficult to react to a fire please contact us to see if you are eligible for a free home fire risk check of your home.
We also have a Home Fire Risk Self Checker which you can print out or follow on line, this helps you walk around your home identify potential risks and tells you what you can do about them.
46 per cent of cancer carers work full-time, says Macmillan
Some 46 per cent of cancer carers – those looking after another person who has the disease – work full-time, says Macmillan Cancer Support.
And it has been worked out that over 50,000 UK full-time workers could be giving care equivalent to more than a week’s worth of work to a cancer sufferer each week.
“Dealing with the relentless physical and emotional pressures of caring for someone with cancer is hard enough, combining it with a full-time job is extremely difficult and can drive carers to breaking point,” warned Macmillan Cancer Support chief executive, Ciarán Devane.
‘Pay £80 more or go into a home’
Anne Fisher has seen her home-care fees go from £18 a week to £134
By Karen Jordan
November 27, 2012
A 90-year-old Second World War veteran has been told she must cover a more than 600 per cent increase in her home care costs or go into a nursing home.
Anne Fisher, from The Coombe in Streatley, who operated aircraft searchlights in the war, does not want to leave her home of 60 years.
But with just £8,000 in savings and a state and widow’s pension to live on, her son Chris says she cannot afford to pay the latest increase in charges from West Berkshire Council.
Mr Fisher, 53, was devastated to receive a letter last week from the local authority saying his mother had to pay an additional £80 per week – from £54 to £134 – if she wanted to continue to be cared for at home.
Mr Fisher, who lives with his mother but can’t care for her full time as he needs to continue his work as a postman, said: “Where is she supposed to get this extra money from?
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