Category Archives: Carers

Becoming A Carer

July 10, 2011   Carers
Becoming A Carer

 

Girl
 

  I’m searching for myself
  I used to be around
  But now that i’m a carer
  I just can’t be found

  I used to be so different
  Not worried and tired all the time
  There are only so many hours in a day
  And not many of them mine

  I really miss my freedom
  The fun and carefree days
  A time when i knew who i was
  And not lost within this maze.

  Myrna.

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Caring for the elderly

July 10, 2011   Carers, dementia, disability, Older care

10 July 2011 Last updated at 16:26

Caring for the elderly: an expert answers your questions

By Philip Spiers FirstStop Advice

 Philip Spiers guides you through the very complicated rules on paying for care

The vexed question of how to pay for the care of the elderly, and adults with disabilities, has been highlighted by the recent recommendations of the Dilnot Commission.

In his independent report to the government on reforming the system in England, Andrew Dilnot said that individuals should not have to pay more than the first £35,000 or so of their care costs (as opposed to their so-called hotel costs) during their remaining lifetimes.

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Charity’s delight at new Trowbridge home for Alzheimer’s sufferers and their carers

July 10, 2011   Alzheimer’s, Carers

Charity’s delight at new Trowbridge home

10:00pm Saturday 9th July 2011

Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire John Bush cuts the ribbon to open the new offices of Alzheimer’s Support in Trowbridge, with, from left, Janet Dore, town crier Trevor Heeks, Trow mayor Nick Blakemore and Anna Littlechild founder of Wilts Alzheimer Support
Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire John Bush cuts the ribbon to open the new offices of Alzheimer’s Support in Trowbridge, with, from left, Janet Dore, town crier Trevor Heeks, Trow mayor Nick Blakemore and Anna Littlechild founder of Wilts Alzheimer Support

Alzheimer’s sufferers and their carers have a new state-of-the-art support facility in Trowbridge, opened as the leading West Wiltshire charity celebrates its 21st anniversary.

Alzheimer’s Support unveiled its new premises, next to the Albany Palace pub in Park Road, on Tuesday.

The building, which is open to sufferers and their carers for support, is a far cry from the charity’s offices when it was founded in 1990 by Anna Littlechild, who remains a manager at the organisation.

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