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Dementia Carers are rewarded East Kilbride

June 6, 2011   Carers, dementia

Dementia Carers are rewarded

East Kilbride Dementia Carers win Volunteer Group of the Year award

By Kayleigh Mcleod 06 June 2011 14:00 BST

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 Lord Lieutenant Mushtaq Ahmad presents the award to Peter Malloy and Ross McNicol

East Kilbride & District Dementia Carers have been recognised at a ceremony to honour South Lanarkshire volunteers.

The VASLan awards took place on Wednesday (June 1) at Chatelherault, marking the beginning of Volunteers Week.

Group volunteers Peter Malloy and Ross McNicol accepted the award Volunteer Group of the Year award on behalf of the Dementia Carers from Lanarkshire’s new Lord Lieutenant, Mushtaq Ahmad.

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What If

June 6, 2011   Carers, family, young carers

What If

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Turning Niomi’s beautiful poem into a song for use in the Red Cross Shropshire Young Carers documentary

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Council offers reassurance over crisis in care homes

June 6, 2011   Alzheimer’s, Carers, Norfolk, Older care

Council offers reassurance over crisis in care homes

Shaun Lowthorpe Monday, June 6, 2011
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Fears for the elderly in care homes Fears for the elderly in care homes

They are the places we want to feel safe and secure in our twilight years.

But news that leading care home company Southern Cross is facing a dire financial crisis has sounded the alarm that the whole system is teetering on the edge.

And that is something which should alarm every generation whether it is mum, dad, grandad, grandma or child.

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