If he’s lucky, Frank Bailey gets a good night’s sleep twice a week. The rest of the time he is on call and spends the small hours worrying, waiting for a bell to ring, to signal at best that his sick wife, Faith, needs help out of bed; at worst that she is struggling for breath and he will have to call paramedics to take her to hospital.
Tag Archives: carers
Social care cuts: 'The people concerned are invisible'
Social care cuts: ‘The people concerned are invisible’
The most vulnerable sections of society are emerging as the worst hit by council cuts
- Karen McVeigh
- The Guardian, Tuesday 10 May 2011
- Article history
Frank Bailey, 80, and his wife Faith, 72, who are at risk of having the funding for overnight care cut.
A taste of Whose Shoes?
A taste of Whose Shoes?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuqCk9UV3CA[/youtube]
Gill Phillips talks about personalisation and why she developed Whose
Shoes? – lots of photos of this learning & development tool in action!
Help with shopping for the elderly needs to be extended across the UK
Shopping service to help elderly in Bradford on Avon
8:00am Sunday 8th May 2011
A new service delivering weekly shopping to the elderly and vulnerable has been launched in Bradford on Avon.
The idea arose when Andrew Wright found himself trying to help his mother, who is registered blind, maintain her independence after his father died.
