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Find a bear in Carers Week
Find a bear in Carers Week
The Carers and the bears
Once a year Carers Week is celebrated all over the country – and nowhere more so than in the Ribble Valley.
The area’s Crossroads Care team acknowledges the role carers play in looking after loved ones in their own homes and know how they value respite breaks.
So during the special week from June 13 to 19, there will be several events taking place either to raise funds or to promote the service.
Respite breaks for carers across the UK at a Caister–on–Sea holiday home
Edited by Jane Hill editor@wellbeingnorfolk.co.uk
Carers are being offered the chance to take–a–break beside–the–seaside in a holiday home that has just opened. The newly refurbished house at Caister–on–Sea, offers respite breaks for carers, and is run by mental health charity Great Yarmouth and Waveney Mind.
The three–bedroom holiday home is the first of its kind in the region and is available for rent by any person or family who cares for a relative and is need of a respite break. The holidays are specifically aimed at offering carers a break, though they can choose to bring those who they care for on the holiday too.
Cancer patients denied last wish to die at home because of shortage of nurses
Cancer patients denied last wish to die at home because of shortage of nurses
70,000 cancer patients in England and Wales die in a hospital bed every year, despite wanting to be at home
Denis Campbell, health correspondent guardian.co.uk, Saturday 28 May 2011 20.04
Only 27% of cancer patients are able to die at home, even though a survey suggests 73% would prefer to do so.
Tens of thousands of cancer patients are dying in hospital, despite wishing to end their lives at home, because of a “shameful” lack of NHS nurses, campaigners say.
