Category Archives: Carers

Dementia has robbed us of a life together

February 24, 2012   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia

Man tells how wife’s dementia has robbed them of their life together


Friday, February 24, 2012

A FORMER helicopter pilot said his wife’s dementia has ‘robbed’ them of their life together.

Mike Keller, aged 66, of Southway, is June’s full-time carer.

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    SUPPORT: Mike Keller and wife June, pictured in front of her artwork

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    SUPPORT: Mike Keller and wife June, pictured in front of her artwork

The cruel disease is progressively destroying her short-term memory and ability to communicate.

Mike’s mother also suffered from dementia, before she died aged 95 last year.

He told their story to raise awareness of the devastating condition.

There are around 3,000 people living with dementia in Plymouth. Numbers are expected to rocket by up to 40 per cent by 2025, partly due to an aging population.

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Carers have problems with tickets for London 2012 Olympics

February 23, 2012   Carers, disability

London 2012 Olympics diary: Danny Boyle promises a cinematic treat for couch spectators

By Olympics Last updated: February 23rd, 2012

 

 

The London 2012 Olympic Games will be an intimate experience for the four billion television viewers, say Olympic insiders.

Creative director Danny Boyle is using his vast film background to present the Games in a different tele-visual fashion so that it won’t just be a faithful recording of what goes on inside the stadium, but rather a cinematic storytelling that those on the couch can enjoy in its own right.

About 20,000 seats will be cordoned off during the ceremony for performers and athletes.

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Locog’s ticket scheme for disabled people and their carers has come under scrutiny – and found wanting – after staff gave out wrong information for more than seven months.

Carers had been told Olympic tickets bought through authorised ticket resellers in European countries would be eligible for the Ticketcare scheme, but, after meeting the required deadlines,  at least one carer has been told, ‘whoops, bad luck’.

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Wales ‘Let’s reward valued carers’

February 23, 2012   Carers, Wales

‘Let’s reward valued carers’

Feb 23 2012 by David Powell, North Wales Weekly News

CARERS who look after ill or frail relatives or friends should be rewarded with a discount card in shops, it was claimed yesterday.

The “Carer’s Card” idea is set to be put to Conwy County Council – in an area which has the highest number of senior citizens proportionately in Wales – and could be extended across the country.

The proposal comes from Cllr Mike Priestley to reward these “unsung heroes”.

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