Category Archives: disability

NHP to sell tranche of learning disability care homes

July 31, 2011   Carers, disability, learning difficulties
NHP to sell tranche of learning disability care homes
 
Sun, 31 Jul 2011
NHP, the care home landlord, is to put 33 learning disability units on the market following its decision to take over 297 Southern Cross homes on 1st October.Southern Cross was the UK’s largest care home operator, with over 30,000 residents and 752 homes. Landlords rejected demands from Southern Cross to drop rents and took control of the homes themselves.
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One stop shop for home care and provides everything that the self funder

July 31, 2011   Carers, disability, Older care

Local man launches website to help the elderly and disabled of Essex

  Published: 31st July 2011 17:18

Local man launches website to help the elderly and disabled of Essex

 

John and Don Ford

 

A new company has launched to help the elderly and disabled of Essex to remain living independently in their own homes. Chelmsford man John Ford was inspired to start my home care Services following the difficulty he experienced in setting up a home care package for his 90 year old Father.

 

“After my Mum died, I wanted to make sure Dad would cope in his Loughton home with friends and family nearby. Dad certainly didn’t want to move from the house that he’d lived in for 50 years”.

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More than five weeks on, elderly and disabled are still waiting for a phone line

July 30, 2011   Carers, disability, Older care, spondylosis

Residents hanging on for phone line

Published on Saturday 30 July 2011 08:00

RESIDENTS left without a phone line for more than a month have slammed a communications giant for “fobbing them off”.

Disgruntled householders at the new 13-bungalow Olaman Walk development, in Peterlee, said they were told by their telephone suppliers they would have landlines installed ready for moving in on June 20.

But more than five weeks on, they are still waiting.

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