Category Archives: Carers
Experiencing isolation- please don’t forget Carers!
There are many carers who live with someone yet they feel they live in isolation. Please don’t forget Carers.
Experiencing isolation
Social worker Pam Stopforth finds out what it is to be lonely and isolated for a week
Liverpool-based social worker Pam Stopforth is one of 11 people experiencing social isolation as if she were an isolated older person in a social experiment called Isolation Week.
Organised by the charity Friends of the Elderly, the event takes place from today (Monday) through to Sunday with the aim of raising awareness of the effects of social isolation.
Faster access to stroke surgery could help over 1,000
Faster access to stroke surgery could help over 1,000
Up to 1,200 strokes could be prevented every year if patients suffering ‘mini-strokes’ were operated on within two weeks, according to a major report published today.
By Stephen Adams, Medical Correspondent
6:30AM BST 21 Jun 2011
Only four in 10 stroke patients receive potentially life-saving surgery to stop a recurrence within the recommended time frame, a report by the Royal College of Physicians and the Vascular Society found.
Elderly advised to get used to neglect
Elderly advised to get used to neglect
Charity Age UK spoke out after the Equality and Human Rights Commission revealed that basic human rights are being overlooked even before the axe falls.
The commission is conducting a major inquiry into home care in England.
It is set to publish its findings in November.
However it has already identified a number of major problems such as high staff turnover.
One woman said she had 32 different carers over a two-week period.
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