Category Archives: Carers
A 90-year-old carer is concerned about what will happen to his disabled son
Carer, 90, supports disabled son in Ashby-de-la-Zouch
A 90-year-old carer from Leicestershire is concerned about what will happen to his disabled son when he is no longer able to support him.
Alf Winter lives in sheltered housing in Ashby-de-la-Zouch with 55-year-old Keith, who has cerebral palsy.
The pensioner is one of an estimated 77,000 carers over the age of 65 who live in the East Midlands.
Young carers tell their stories & interview JLS Oritse Williams
Young carers tell their stories & interview JLS Oritse Williams
Young carers tell their stories & interview JLS Oritse Williams, himself a young carer in the past. He gives them advice about surviving the problems of being a young carer and making the best of what they have.
highlights young carers do a fantastic job looking after a relative in need of care but they also have needs and people to listen to them but there are cuts to the backup services for some
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMB7cVMrZPo&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL[/youtube]
A young mother left partly paralysed by a stroke can talk again thanks to a new clot-busting drug.
Clot-busting drug helps stroke mother speak again
Sophie Goodchild, Health and Social Affairs Correspondent
A young mother left partly paralysed by a stroke can talk again thanks to a new clot-busting drug.
Sally Hockley, 35, lost the use of her right arm and her ability to speak. Her face was also left paralysed.
But doctors at University College London Hospital saved her from permanent brain damage by using drugs which seek and destroy artery blockages which cut off the supply of blood to the brain.
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