Tag Archives: carers

Care offers 'life worth having'

May 12, 2011   Carers, learning difficulties

12 May 2011 Last updated at 00:44

Care offers ‘life worth having’

 Eddie Griffiths takes his son to the Eastham Centre in Wirral
Care for the most vulnerable people in the community is being reviewed up and down the country, as local councils deal with cuts to their budgets from central government.
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Social care in north hit hardest by cuts

May 12, 2011   Carers

Social care in north hit hardest by cuts
Nick Golding
Thursday 12 May 2011 00:01
A geographical divide has opened up in English adult social care spending with huge cuts in the north but budgets continuing to expand in the south.

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Norfolk’s singing neuro nurse is getting the message across

May 12, 2011   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia, Huntington's, Multiple Sclerosis, Norfolk, stroke

Norfolk’s singing neuro nurse is getting the message across

UEA lecturer Steve Smith with his sons Simon and Dan (not pictured) are to embark on a 5000-mile charity motorcycle ride. UEA lecturer Steve Smith with his sons Simon and Dan (not pictured) are to embark on a 5000-mile charity motorcycle ride.

Music and motorcycles are helping a University of East Anglia lecturer to raise awareness of serious brain conditions

Steve Smith works at the UEA’s school of nursing and midwifery and is an expert in neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, MS, stroke, and Huntington’s disease.

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