Tag Archives: carers
Norfolk Pays Tribute To Oliver! With Food Glorious Food
Just for a bit of fun today
http://youtu.be/4cgoofItZw8
be nice if we could take some family carers!! Please get in touch if you want to help. 😆
Published on 14 Jun 2012 by theatreroyalnorwich1
Chefs, restaurants, food producers, retailers (and some media) from across Norfolk present their own version of Food Glorious Food ahead of Oliver!, starring Brian Conley, opening at Norwich Theatre Royal on July 3. Look out for a cast drawn from the theatre, Assembly House, Waffle House, King’s Coffee Shop, Golden Chips and Gnaw plus BBC Radio Norfolk and Norwich 99.9FM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cgoofItZw8&feature=player_embedded#!
Fire Service Lends Support To Cambridgeshire Carers
This Carers Week (18-24 June) Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) is reaching out to local carers and reminding them that help is available to keep them, and the people they care for, safe from fire.
Fire safety is yet another worry on an ever-growing list for those with the extra responsibility of looking after an elderly relative, sick friend or a disabled family member.
A recent survey showed that more than half of the few people who had tested their smoke alarm for someone else had done so for an older family member*. But there are many other issues a carer must think about – from the extra time it takes for people with difficulty moving to escape a fire in the home, to the added risks of flammable equipment such as oxygen cylinders.
Cash strapped councils strip £900m from elderly care
Elderly and disabled care budgets have been slashed by £900 million this year alone as local councils struggle to balance the books, social services chiefs have disclosed.
Almost £2 billion less is now being spent on care for vulnerable older or disabled people than just two years ago as nationwide cuts to reduce the deficit take effect.
Social services chiefs said the figures showed there was now a “desperate need” for politicians of all political parties urgently to agree a solution to the looming crisis in care for the elderly to cope with Britain’s ageing population.
