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Grandparents save parents more than £33 billion a year through providing childcare
Grandparents ‘save parents £33 billion’ Source : Press Association
Published on 29 March 2011 12:00 PM
A majority of grandparents become regular babysitters and complete work around the house to help out working parents, according to a survey.
Carers describe importance of early Dementia diagnosis
Carers John and his wife Shirley describe how they’ve adapted their lives since John showed early signs of dementia. An expert explains the value of early diagnosis and planning for a future with dementia
Carer says “It is a crazy situation; I cannot handle this any more”
‘I can’t go on caring without any help’
by Graham Henry, South Wales Echo
Mar 29 2011
THE family of a stroke victim has hit out at the “horrific” standard of care given to her.
Pensioner Robert Regan, 69, from Trowbridge, Cardiff, says that failures have left him, a stroke victim himself, as his 66-year-old wife Thelma’s 24-hour carer with “virtually no break” for weeks on end.
