Tag Archives: carer
How little do they value ‘carers’?
Abolition of social care duties ‘would be illegal’
Abolishing councils’ legal duties to provide social care would breach human rights law, a lawyer has warned after the government floated the idea.
Interesting board game for carers of someone with Bipolar
Help for carers of someone with Bipolar
Board game aids understanding of bipolar disorder.

A board game has been developed to promote better understanding of bipolar disorder and how it affects sufferers.
Jocelyn Duncan, from Caerphilly, lived with the illness, characterised by severe mood swings, for decades before being diagnosed.
Without respite carers would get no social life
How health cuts affect the sick, the disabled, war veterans, carers, the elderly and people with mental health problems
by David Lea, Daily Mirror 11/03/2011
DEREK Hamer, 47, and his wife Susan, 45, are full-time carers for their disabled 16-year-old son Matthew.
Matthew has severe delayed global development and spends his time at home in Preston, Lancs.