Category Archives: Carers
Carers of children with disabilities need respite
Carers of children with disabilities need respite
Closing short breaks units will pile even more pressure on the already stressed parents of disabled children
- Kate Belgrave
- guardian.co.uk,
- Monday 6 June 2011 15.34 BST
This month, Lancashire county council will start to consult parents of children with disabilities about plans to close some of the county’s short breaks units (once called respite). The units give parents much-needed breaks from caring, and children a chance to socialise.
The plans to close units could impact on families such as Colin and Jennifer Dalley’s. They have three daughters with learning disabilities and behavioural problems, all needing supervision and support. The youngest, Kirsty, 11, needs constant care and monitoring, because she has severe epilepsy. She has an adapted bed and bathroom.
Dementia Carers are rewarded East Kilbride
Dementia Carers are rewarded
East Kilbride Dementia Carers win Volunteer Group of the Year award
By Kayleigh Mcleod 06 June 2011 14:00 BST
East Kilbride & District Dementia Carers have been recognised at a ceremony to honour South Lanarkshire volunteers.
The VASLan awards took place on Wednesday (June 1) at Chatelherault, marking the beginning of Volunteers Week.
Group volunteers Peter Malloy and Ross McNicol accepted the award Volunteer Group of the Year award on behalf of the Dementia Carers from Lanarkshire’s new Lord Lieutenant, Mushtaq Ahmad.
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