Category Archives: Older care

‘I think it’s amazing how committed care staff are, who we don’t deserve to have’

October 23, 2012   Carers, health, Norfolk, Older care

Pay concerns are leading to around 200 home carers used by a council to look after vulnerable people to leave their jobs each year.

Richard Wheeler Tuesday, October 23, 2012
7:00 AM

Norfolk County Council spends £34m a year on using 25 main agencies to provide care to around 5,800 older and disabled people in their homes.

But people who use the service have raised concerns about the quality and continuity of the care they receive, due to staff leaving on a regular basis.

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Volunteers helping older people learn the internet!

October 21, 2012   Carers, internet, Older care

7:30am Sunday 21st October 2012 in News By Emily Roberts, Chief Reporter

OVERTON has been asked to take part in a project to provide information to elderly residents.

Hampshire County Council ran a pilot of the Village Agent project in 14 villages, and has now given a grant to continue and extend it across rural Hampshire during the next three years.

It works by recruiting volunteers to offer four-to-six hours of their time a week to help increase and improve the way older people find and benefit from, information and advice.

A representative from the project spoke to Overton Parish Council and said: “Elderly people don’t necessarily get on the compu-ter very much so when they need information they have difficulty finding it. It’s things like care facilities, or getting a blue badge. Sometimes they don’t even realise they exist.”

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Help older people get out more, say south west residents

October 19, 2012   Carers, Older care

Loneliness is one of the biggest issues facing older people in the south west of Sheffield, according to residents who attended a special meeting on Thursday evening.

  • Members of the Sheffield Irish Association enjoying a tea dance
    Submitted by: Gael Stigant

Support for older people was the topic of debate chosen by locals for the Meet the Cabinet event at the South West Community Assembly meeting in Banner Cross Methodist Church.

During the meeting, local resident Eric Bentley raised concerns that old people are too scared to go out and then get the bus home late in the evening.

He said: “Where I go ballroom dancing, I know a lot of people who have become single after losing their partner and are then too frightened to go out and get the bus at 10pm, so they’re now not going to the dance.”

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