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Carers have their say in DVD made for Wiltshire Council and NHS

February 22, 2014   Carers

11:11am Saturday 22nd February 2014 in News

By Hugh Cadman

 A FEW of the thousands of unpaid carers in Wiltshire are given a voice in a new film.

 The launch of new DVD about unpaid carers in Wiltshire

Carers’ Voices records the thoughts of different groups of people who may not always go to meetings to make their views known.

The idea is to allow local government and school staff, councillors and NHS personnel a better idea of what unpaid carers face.

In the DVD, six unpaid carers describe the physical and emotional challenges of caring and speak of their hopes and dreams.

A wife talks about looking after her husband with dementia and an 18-year-old carer describes her life. A mother who cares for one child and faces challenges looking after her other children also gives her account.

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Children with mental illness admitted to adult wards amid bed shortage

February 21, 2014   Carers, mental health

Acutely ill children as young as 12 years old are being admitted to adult wards

By: Information Daily Staff Writer
Published: Thursday, February 20, 2014 – 09:51
Acutely ill children as young as 12 years old are being admitted to adult wards due to bed shortages at specialist child services, a Community Care/ BBC investigation has found.

350 minors were admitted to adult mental health wards in the first nine months of the period 2013/14, up from 242 in 2011/12, data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act has revealed.

Of these minors, 12 were aged under 16 and one was just 12 years old, a situation NHS England admits is “totally unacceptable in the majority of cases”.

The investigation also found that many children were being uprooted from their communities and sent to mental health wards up to 150 miles away from home. One child was sent a record 275 miles away, leaving their Sussex home to stay in Greater Manchester.

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Respite group set up to help male carers

February 20, 2014   Carers, Uncategorized

Launch of campaign at RC Treatt to get male carers to come forward and take advantage of the support available.

Published on the 20 February 2014 11:04

Launch of campaign at RC Treatt to get male carers to come forward and take advantage of the support available.

A campaign to provide help for male family carers has been launched in Bury St Edmunds.

The group So Active noticed when it supported the Suffolk Family Carers in a respite and relaxation programme that few men came forward.

So, in partnership with Suffolk County Council and Suffolk Family Carers it last Friday launched a similar programme aimed at men.

So Active volunteer Tony Allen, whose employers R C Treatt of Bury have made a donation to support the work, said: “So many men care for someone without realising they’re a family carer and if they do, as men, we prefer not to talk about it.

“But, we’re launching a campaign that will inform men they are a family carer and offer support, respite and relaxation, in an environment they’re comfortable with.”

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