Tag Archives: carers
How can we improve support for carers?
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Informal carers (also called unpaid carers) are people who look after family members, friends, neighbours or others because of long-term physical or mental ill health or disability, or care needs related to old age. This does not include any activities as part of paid employment.
Victory for mental health campaigners as deal struck over Norfolk helpline
12:04 17 March 2016
Mind support line. Ben Marshall, team leader. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY
Patients and campaigners can today celebrate after health bosses agreed a solution to prevent people from being affected by the closure of a helpline.
In a victory for service-users and mental health advocates, callers to the Norwich and Central Norfolk Mind Mental Health Helpline will get support from another service.
My disabled daughter has £57 per week to live on
What more is there left to cut in your budget George Osborne?
At the end of June of this year our learning disabled autistic daughter who has a profound developmental delay and behaviours that challenge, has to leave her residential school, where she is currently living, because they can’t manage her needs.
In effect she will be homeless.
The Clinical Commissioning Group have said they will fund her care which will require carers initially so at least she will have someone with her 24 hours a day, but everything else will require benefits.
