Tag Archives: carer

How little do they value ‘carers’?

 

Abolition of social care duties ‘would be illegal’

Vern Pitt
Friday 11 March 2011 11:29

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.

Bipolar board game
Game players match answer cards to the questions posed on the board.

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.