Tag Archives: carers

A Carer thinking about dementia and memory problems

August 9, 2013   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia, learning difficulties

Guest blog by Carol Munt
munt12@aol.com

Last week I found out how frustrating and annoying it is to be stopped by the traffic police, have my car impounded and issued with a summons for no  vehicle insurance and a £150 bill to retrieve my car.
All because I missed the printing mistake on my certificate of insurance which said 736 instead of 376 as part of my car registration and I couldn’t remember who I had insured with.
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Humanity must come before parking fines!

August 8, 2013   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia, Older care, Scotland

Parking fine refunded to Good Samaritan after the News step in

Aug 7 2013 by Andrea O’Neill, East Kilbride News

Blue meanies slapped a parking ticket on the car of a Good Samaritan who stopped to provide urgent care to an elderly dementia sufferer.

Humanist Celebrant Ross Wright was hit with a £60 fine while responding to what he claims was a medical emergency.

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Junior doctors urged to ‘know their limits’ on Black Wednesday

August 7, 2013   Carers, health, hospital

Junior doctors have been urged to “know their limits” to prevent an expected rise in death rates as more than 6,000 medical graduates start their first hospital jobs.

By , Health Correspondent

7:30AM BST 07 Aug 2013

Today has become known as “Black Wednesday” because mortality rates rise by an average of around six per cent when new trainees start work and other junior doctors swap specialties.

Studies have shown that patients admitted as an emergency on the first Wednesday in August – during the changeover – are six per cent more likely to die than on the previous Wednesday

Today has become known as “Black Wednesday” because mortality rates rise by an average of around six per cent when new trainees start work and other junior doctors swap specialties.

Studies have shown that patients admitted as an emergency on the first Wednesday in August – during the changeover – are six per cent more likely to die than on the previous Wednesday.

For those suffering heart attacks and strokes the figure is yet higher, with an 8 per cent increase in deaths.

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