Category Archives: health

Mental health cuts ‘put lives at risk’

November 12, 2015   Carers, Featured Article, health, mental health, ukcuts

Cuts to adult mental health services in England have started damaging the quality of care given to patients, a report suggests.

The review by the King’s Fund think tank found there was now “widespread evidence of poor quality care”.

Researchers linked this to the use of unproven, cheaper services in a bid to balance the books.

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Man who thought his wife no longer loved him

October 1, 2015   Carers, dementia, Featured Article, health

She was diagnosed with dementia

Man who thought his wife no longer loved him because she refused to wash herself or clean the house tells of his heartache after she was diagnosed with dementia… at just 42

  • Linzi and Mike Thomas met 12 years ago and fell ‘head over heels’ in love
  • They got married in 2003 and have four children between them
  • Linzi started ‘acting strangely’ and Mike thought she no longer loved him
  • She stopped cooking and cleaning and was no longer affectionate
  • After the relationship went downhill, she was diagnosed with dementia
  • Linzi is now in a care home and has a two to ten-year life expectancy

By Ann Cusack For Mailonline

Published: 09:34, 30 September 2015 | Updated: 10:36, 30 September 2015

A man who thought his wife no longer loved him has revealed his heartbreak after she was diagnosed with dementia aged just 42.

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Britain’s oldest surviving prisoner of war, 97, is living on charity handouts

September 20, 2015   Carers, Featured Article, health, Older care, Social care

In fear of eviction SIX MONTHS after his London council vowed to meet his care costs

  • Robbie Clark, 97, has lived in his Burnt Oak, London, home for 50 years
  • He spent all of his £50,000 life savings over two years on a live-in carer
  • Brent Council apparently vowed to meet care costs following a petition
  • But six months on, council has failed to honour its promise, it is claimed
  • Now, Mr Clark, Britain’s oldest prisoner of war, is living in fear of eviction

By Sophie Jane Evans for MailOnline

A 97-year-old man thought to be Britain’s oldest surviving prisoner of war is living in fear of eviction six months after his council vowed to meet his care costs – and allegedly failed to keep its promise.

Robbie Clark, one of the few UK soldiers to have survived Hitler’s 1,000-mile death march, is also surviving on charity handouts at his north London home, where he has lived for the past 50 years.

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