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Parents of autistic children: Care worker changes scare us
By Danie Linsell BBC Somerset politics reporter
Martin’s wife has been at breaking point for some time and recently considered taking her own life.
“I’m glad my wife’s got the care support because about a week ago I nearly lost her… she wanted to hang herself in the apple tree.”
Martin – not his real name – is in his 40s and is a parent and a carer.
His teenage son has Asperger’s syndrome and the whole family has to cope with his violent, aggressive outbursts and manipulative behaviour.
Martin’s wife has been at breaking point for some time and recently considered taking her own life.
She is not on her own. Many parents across Somerset say their own state of mind has suffered as a result of coping with their children’s behavioural problems.
Vote of thanks for the carers
MORE than a dozen Oxfordshire care home staff have been recognised for their dedication at an awards ceremony.
By Emma Harrison, Reporter covering Rose Hill, Littlemore and Iffley. Contact me on 01865 425430
MORE than a dozen Oxfordshire care home staff have been recognised for their dedication at an awards ceremony.
Lisa Khan, head of care at Longlands care home in Blackbird Leys, was among those honoured at The Orders of St John Care Trust’s 2012 Oxfordshire Staff Awards.
The trust is a not for profit charitable organisation, with 72 care homes across four counties, including 18 in Oxfordshire along with others in Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Lincolnshire.
Ms Khan, 34, is on a six-month secondment from her role at Abingdon’s Old Station House.
She was nominated by her colleagues in Abingdon and won the leader of the year award.
Ms Khan, who collected her award at the ceremony at The King’s Centre in Osney Mead last month, said: “It was a wonderful achievement, I started in the trust about six years ago as a carer and worked my way up the ranks.
Cancer patient loses benefits after DWP lists her as dead.
Friday 2 November 2012
KING’S LYNN: Cancer patient loses benefits after DWP lists her as dead.
Eileen Callaby is angry that her benefits were stopped after the DWP thought she was dead.
Weeks after surviving a cancer operation, a patient received a letter stating that her benefits had been cancelled as she had died.
Eileen Callaby says her recovery from lung cancer is being hampered due to the financial worry created by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) stopping her benefits after mistakenly listing her as dead.
Mrs Callaby , 52, who lives with her son Peter in Queen Elizabeth Avenue, Gaywood, even had to visit Lynn Job Centre on Monday with her birth certificate to prove that she is alive.
She is waiting for to start chemotherapy after having sections of her lung removed in September.
Mrs Callaby is calling for improvements in the DWP after section failed to communicate with another that she was alive.
She said: “I don’t understand where it came from that I had died.
