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Home uses TV classic This is Your Life to help dementia sufferers
Nancy McKeever with Anne Marson, a care worker at St Andrews Care Home, Uphall. Picture Ian Rutherford
By DAWN MORRISON
Published on Thursday 27 December 2012 12:00
Dementia sufferers at a Lothians care home are reliving their memories with the help of TV classic This is Your Life.
St Andrews Court Care Home in Uphall, West Lothian, has enlisted the help of friends, family and volunteers to create versions of the big Red Book, made famous by Eamonn Andrews and Michael Aspel.
The volumes are filled with photos, stories and other memorabilia which help take residents back in time.
Creating a physical record of important moments, feelings and experiences allows residents to enjoy their memories time and again, in spite of their illness, believes care home manager Helen McLeod.
Male carers group holds agm
Saturday 15 December 2012
Male carers group holds agm
THE CHAPS (Caring Helping and Providing Support) group held its first agm in the Strathlclyde Hilton, Bellshill, attended by 51 carers and professionals.
The group receives community learning and development support from Peter McNally of Motherwell Locality and one of its main tasks is to support male carers by identifying and addressing their needs and helping raise awareness of the caring role.
Similar to many carers, they often do not recognise or regard themselves as carers for their partners or children and experience isolation and exclusion from wider community life.
CHAPS actively campaigns for the rights of carers and highlight what support is available from both voluntary and statutory organisations.
Christmas charity song launched by boy who communicates by blinking
Christmas charity song launched by boy who communicates by blinking
HE has spent most of his Christmas Days in hospital, but now a young boy who can only communicate by blinking is looking to bring some festive cheer to others with the release of a Christmas single.
Adam Bojelian, 12, who has cerebral palsy, is blind and suffers from a severe seizure disorder, is donating 50p from every download of Christmas Gibbons to the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland.
And the Forthview Primary pupil has been given a boost after getting the backing of film star Ewan McGregor.
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