Category Archives: Carers
Carer sets up at-home service for elderly people
A CARER who says she struggled to find adequate support for her mother-in-law has set up a service to provide at-home care for elderly people.
- by Karen Dent, The Journal
- Aug 22 2012
Diane Chandler aims to create 50 jobs after taking on the franchise for Home Instead Senior Care, covering an area from Darlington down into Northallerton.
Two months into the business, she has five staff and 15 in training, and is confident of growing the head count of carers.
“We’ve had a lot of response initially – we should be able to create 50 jobs easily,” she said.
Review of stroke services across Norfolk and wider region
A major review of stroke services could lead to changes to patients’ care in Norfolk.
Kim Briscoe Wednesday, August 22, 2012
6:30 AM
Significant improvements have been made over the past four years in stroke services, which include stroke, transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and rehabilitation services.
However, NHS Midlands and East has launched the review as it believes that despite having a network of stroke specialists, there are still gaps in care.
The review could see new hyper-acute stroke units established, or it could lead to specialist consultants working across more than one hospital.
However, it is still in the early stages and the current services offered by each NHS trust will be looked at in detail by an expert advisory panel, which will make recommendations for improvements. Final proposals for the new shape of services are expected between October and January, 2013, with a view to implementing the changes later in the year.
What next for the independent living fund?
The closure must be matched by a clear strategy detailing how devolving responsibility to local government would work
In the last days of the parliamentary term, amid the usual flurry of policy documents and statements, almost unnoticed the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) issued a slim consultation document on the future of the independent living fund (ILF).
The writing has been on the wall for the ILF for some time. In June 2010 it announced it was closing to new applications for the rest of the financial year because of insufficient funding. In December of the same year the government confirmed the fund would be permanently closed to new users and funding for existing users would be maintained until the end of the current parliament in 2015.
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