Category Archives: Carers
Greg Barker commenting on price increase announcements from energy suppliers
Commenting on price increase announcements from energy suppliers, Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker today said:
“This is very unwelcome, and I know lots of families who are struggling to balance their budgets will be very disappointed and concerned by these price rises. That’s why Government is taking action on a number of fronts: short-term measures to help people struggling with bills this winter, long-term measures to reform the market and bring in more competition.
Flu jabs for carers
Get prepared for Winter
As a carer you may be worried about getting the flu because it would affect your ability to care for the person you’re looking after. You may be able to get a flu jab because of this, or because of your age or your own health.
World Mental Health Day: I battled depression for six years, I didn’t just ‘get over it’ overnight
We need to look at how far we’ve come in removing the stigma surrounding depression, and see how we can act to do more.
It’s the 20th anniversary of World Mental Health Day today. Twenty years of awareness-raising about mental illness and yet, when talking to a friend’s father about writing this blog I dropped the ‘d’ word, his response was to roll his eyes heavenward and exclaim “oh I don’t believe in all that, you’re either happy or a bit pissed off”.
Anecdotal evidence I realise, but I wondered nevertheless whether this attitude was an isolated one, perhaps the result of belonging to a generation whose answer to curing ‘the blues’ is giving yourself a stern talking to. Unfortunately not.
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