Category Archives: Carers

20 Commandments for MentalHealth workers

May 20, 2012   Carers, mental health

The importance of family support

 

The 10th Commandment : Thou shalt consider family and good friends of your client as team players (unless it’s impossible) and support them well in the interests of your client 

Twelve years ago, after working  11 years at mental hospital wards  I started working as a community psychiatric nurse. A month later I had to take my partner to a psychiatrist because he was psychotic. An unexpected  experience.

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Anger as lone parents face benefit cuts

May 20, 2012   Carers, charities, family, ukcuts

Short notice of welfare shake-up hits 124,000 now under increased pressure to find work

 

A young mother with her daughter outside her home on a council estate in Bristol.

Charities have spoken of their fury over changes to the welfare system which from tomorrow will force unemployed single parents with children about to start school to find a job or risk losing part or all of their benefits.

These 124,000 single parents with children aged five and six were given only eight weeks notice of the fact that they would have to move from income support to jobseeker’s allowance (JSA). Previously, lone parents of older children have been given up to 12 months notice, giving them a greater chance of planning ahead and improving their skills and qualifications.

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Help is on hand for dementia sufferers in Worcester

May 20, 2012   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia

A CARE home is opening its doors to people who look after loved ones or friends with dementia.

8:10am Sunday 20th May 2012

A CARE home is opening its doors to people who look after loved ones or friends with dementia.

Regent Care Home in School Road, St John’s, is hosting a dementia awareness afternoon between 2pm and 4pm tomorrow, where carers can find out more about the support available to them.

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