Category Archives: Carers
Why are people with Down’s Syndrome at high risk of Alzheimer’s
Study launched into Alzheimer’s link to Down’s
A £1 million study has been launched to investigate why people with Down’s syndrome are at high risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
The brain-imaging study is being carried out by Cambridge University researchers as the syndrome is one of the few disorders in which sufferers can expect the early onset of dementia to develop.
Nearly 900 families in fear over ‘the bedroom tax’ in Hinckley and Bosworth
Council tenants in Hinckley and Bosworth could face extra bedroom tax if Government plans get green light
Feb 9 2012 by Ben Eccleston, Hinckley Times
NEARLY 900 families in Hinckley and Bosworth could be hit with an extra tax for under-occupation if a new Government bill gets the go-ahead.
Figures from the National Housing Federation reveal that a total of 889 families living in council homes in the borough could be forced to shell out an extra £498 a year – labelled a bedroom tax – if their homes are deemed too large for the number of people living there.
Future of Norfolk’s day care services facing an uncertain 12 months
A worrying year await for people using day centres, along with their families and carers.
Richard Wheeler Thursday, February 9, 2012
6:15 PM
Norfolk County Council is expected to vote in favour of the next £3.5m cut from the service, with centre charges increasing, transport arrangements changing and staff levels being cut.
But Monday’s decision will be another attempt to trim the service before tackling the future of each of the council’s 23 centres.
No announcements on these buildings, which provide care and support for 1,700 people, are expected until 2013.
Norfolk’s centres will be grouped into different areas based on location and examined, with no threat of a blanket closure on the horizon yet.
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