Tag Archives: carers
Good to see unpaid carers receiving recognition!
The Carer’s Award
(PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS AWARD WILL BE JUDGED ON WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS ONLY)
The award will be given to an unpaid carer who in the opinion of the judges can demonstrate commitment and perseverance in the care they give. Six million people a year provide unpaid care to either a relative, friend or child who is ill, frail or disabled. This award seeks to acknowledge and celebrate the dedication that carers give to those they care for and the incredible contribution they make.
Judge ‘troubled’ by care ruling
Judge ‘troubled’ by care ruling
PA
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
Supreme Court justice Lady Hale – a member of the five-strong judges’ panel which made the ruling – told of her fears that older people “might be left lying in faeces” because local authorities would be entitled to withdraw help.
Campaigning charity Age UK described the ruling as “shameful” and suggested that it could lead to the infirm being forced to “sleep in their own urine”.
Do you want to be 1,000 years old?
Who wants to live forever? Scientist sees aging cured
By Health and Science Correspondent Kate Kelland | Reuters – Mon, Jul 4, 2011
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An elderly couple sit on a bench next crocus flowers in a park in Duesseldorf- Mon, Jul 4, 2011
LONDON (Reuters) – If Aubrey de Grey’s predictions are right, the first person who will live to see their 150th birthday has already been born. And the first person to live for 1,000 years could be less than 20 years younger.
A biomedical gerontologist and chief scientist of a foundation dedicated to longevity research, de Grey reckons that within his own lifetime doctors could have all the tools they need to “cure” aging — banishing diseases that come with it and extending life indefinitely.
