Parents who are carers should be included in a ‘Care Plan’
Mental health trust reforms legacy of artist’s suicide
8:00am Saturday 3rd December 2011 in News
A promising artist’s suicide has sparked a host of recommendations at a mental health trust nearly a year after his death.
Talented Philip Weeks was known by his friends and family as a loving, caring and charming young man who was always smiling.
He was diagnosed with rapid-cycling bipolar disorder in May 2010 and experienced severe mood swings and suicidal tendencies before he suffocated himself on December 7.
Men should be aware of how much time they spend working on a laptop
WiFi from laptops ‘may damage sperm’
“Working on a laptop wirelessly may hamper a man’s chances of fatherhood,” the Daily Mail has today reported. Its story is based on a laboratory study that found that healthy sperm placed under a laptop connected to the wireless internet for four hours, showed less movement and more changes to their genetic code than ‘control’ sperm not near a wi-fi connected laptop.
Almost half of carers made ill by money worries
Almost half of people who look after sick or disabled loved ones have themselves fallen ill because of money worries, a survey shows.
By Martin Beckford, Social Affairs Editor
7:00AM GMT 02 Dec 2011
Carers said they had lost earnings because of their responsibilities but at the same time 45 per cent said they had run out of money because of extra costs for medicines, transport and specialist equipment.
Many carers said they had cut back on essentials such as food and heating just to make ends meet while almost a third were living on their bank overdrafts.
