Category Archives: Multiple Sclerosis

Orkneys ‘have highest rate of MS’

December 11, 2012 Carers, Multiple Sclerosis

Press Association

The highest rate of multiple sclerosis in the world has been found in a small group of islands in the UK, researchers said.

The Orkney Islands have, per capita, more people with the degenerative neurological condition than any other place, according to a study looking at the prevalence of the disease across the world.

The research also discovered that the number of people with MS in Orkney has increased, and that one in 170 women has the condition.

For many unpaid family Carers Christmas will just be another day.

December 10, 2012 Carers, disability, mental health, Multiple Sclerosis, Older care, stroke

For many unpaid family Carers Christmas will just be another day.

Guest blog by Maureen

For many unpaid family Carers Christmas will be no different to any other day of the year, the loved ones they care for still have to be cared for 24/7, their disability or illness doesn’t go away just because it’s Christmas, quite often Carers have found that friends and family no longer visit or even enquire how they or their caree are which leaves them feeling shut off from the outside world, what many people don’t realise is anyone, and I mean anyone can become a carer in an instant, you don’t chose to become an unpaid carer, it just happens without warning and in some cases without realising you are a carer.

Christmas is no fun either for the person being cared for, they to feel cut off as well while the outside world is having Christmas.

Christmas is another time when outside help is not always available and everywhere is closed putting more and more pressure on the unpaid carer at this time of year.

Chill4us forum is a lifeline to many unpaid carers, it may not be person to person but knowing someone is out there can ease a little of the loneliness and isolation and Chill4us is open all over Christmas, New year and the rest of the year.

Below are some comments how some family carers feel at this time of year……..