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Older People’s Day celebrated in Kent
Chrissie Daniels Monday, October 1, 2012
11:21 AM
The event aims to recognise how older people contribute to their community
People around the world are celebrating today as part of the UN’s International Day of Older Persons.
The event aims to recognise the achievements and contributions that older people make to our society and to the economy, whist tackling negative attitudes and outdated stereotypes.
The UK will be celebrating with its sixth UK Older People’s Day and Kent County Council (KCC) has given its full support to the cause.
Carers benefit from courses to help them look after themselves
The Looking After Me Course
Carers have been given useful advice to help them looking after themselves.
The Looking After Me Course, run by Education Programme for Patients, is aimed at carers providing them with information such as relaxation, healthy eating and communication skills.
A recent course was run in Pembrokeshire where 50 per cent of the participants cared for their spouse or partner and a further 40 per cent were carers for their child with long-term health conditions. Fifty per cent of participants also had a long-term health condition themselves.
‘Dangerous and flawed’: sacked minister Paul Burstow’s verdict on hospital cuts
Former health minister Paul Burstow launched a withering attack today on “dangerous” plans to cut hospital services in London.
07 September 2012
Hours after losing his government job, he told the Standard that a plan to axe a casualty and maternity unit in south-west London put patient safety at risk. In a wide-ranging interview the Liberal Democrat MP urged new Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to “bin” the proposals, and warned they were likely to lead to “more mothers giving birth in the back of their car”.
He also proposed changes to stop rail fares from spiralling.
Mr Burstow, 50, was born at St Helier hospital, which serves his Sutton and Cheam constituency but is now set to lose its A&E and maternity units under plans drawn up by health chiefs.
He dismissed the strategy as fundamentally flawed and warned it would also damage health services in Kingston and Croydon, as their hospitals would have to cope with more patients.
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