Category Archives: Carers
Hospital visitors told to consider speaking to relatives via Skype
The families of patients at an NHS trust have been urged to consider speaking to them via the internet rather than making bedside visits.
11:25AM BST 22 Jul 2011
The scheme, being proposed by Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, is intended to save money among relatives who receive travel expenses.
Mental health patients in Berkshire are due to be relocated from Ascot, Maidenhead and Slough to Reading.
Where is the family when you are a Carer?
My sisters don’t want to know us any more
Dear Coleen,
I’m one of 10 children and I don’t see or hear from any of my siblings, including my four sisters.
I care for my disabled children as a single parent after my partner passed away.
ONE in 12 children, in Gloucestershire, some as young as five are carers
Teen carer talks about a day in the life of looking after a loved one
ONE in 12 children, in Gloucestershire, some as young as five, are taking on the role of caring for a family member or friend who has a disability or illness. Here, carer OWEN KNIGHT, from Ashchurch, near Tewkesbury, writes about how too many of them are unrecognised… I AM 14 years old and currently studying for my GCSEs.
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RAISING AWARENESS: Young carer Owen Knight, 14, from Tewkesbury, said carers may not be getting the support they need
But as well as going to school and doing my homework, I also have to look after my Dad Richard who has ME.
chenrezig 
annie 
JaneJ 