Tag Archives: carers

What it really costs to be a carer to a loved one

January 17, 2015   Carers, Featured Article

SOCIETY calls them “unpaid carers” but they might prefer “husband”, “wife”, “grandparent” or “friend”.

By Surrey Mirror  |  Posted: January 17, 2015

Whatever their title, for millions of over-50s in Britain there is an unseen cost to life and their finances when they look after loved ones.

Research by Saga Personal Finance shows that nearly a fifth of Britain’s over-50s regularly care for an elderly loved one or friend, without financial reward, in their own home or at another location.

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Norwich music teacher’s toolkit for fighting dementia

January 12, 2015   Carers, dementia, Featured Article, Norfolk

Music teacher with a passion for helping people with dementia

Pat Phelan (left) with her daughter Lesley Evans. Picture: Matthew Usher.

Monday, January 12, 2015
6:30 AM

A music teacher with a passion for helping people with dementia has come up with a musical toolkit to help families, friends and healthcare professionals communicate more effectively with those affected by the disease.

Using autobiographical collections of the music and sounds which have coloured their lives, volunteers help people who have been newly-diagnosed with dementia to create a Music Mirror which can be used to engage them as the disease progresses.

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Women suffer most from Coalition cuts

January 11, 2015   Carers, Scotland, ukcuts

WOMEN, and new mothers in ­particular, have suffered disproportionately from Coalition welfare cuts according to new figures released by the SNP.

Using data from the House of Commons Library, the party said 68% of all Westminster welfare cuts between 2011-12 to 2015-16 would fall on women.

In Scotland, that meant £4.1 billion less for women as a result of a five-year cuts package of £6bn.

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