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Wittering’s Men’s Carers Group is a lifesaver
INSPIRATIONS: Wittering group shares and cares
The hour starts off with some jokes courtesy of one member, who soon has the rest of the gents smiling as they wait for their tea and biscuits and after about five minutes there is plenty of good-natured banter flowing around the table.
For many of the men present, this friendly get together once a month for carers is a lifesaver: it helps them unwind and chat to others going through similar situations and allows each member time to be themselves.
£2m campaign raising awareness on Dementia
Pilot on dementia is going national
A CAMPAIGN piloted in the north west to raise awareness of the early signs of dementia is being rolled out nationally.
The Department of Health is spending £2m on the TV, radio and print campaign after it proved successful in the region.
Super home’ to be built in care home shake up
Norfolk could see three dementia care homes replaced by a new multi-million pound site
By BEN WOODS Tuesday, November 8, 2011
11.26 AM
A shake-up in the care provision across Norfolk could see three dementia care homes replaced by a new multi-million pound site.
A proposal has been launched to build an £8m super care home in Gorleston to shore up care facilities offered to elderly dementia patients.
The plans put forward by Norse Care, a public sector care company owned by Norfolk County Council, would include the closure of Magdalen House, in Gorleston, Mildred Stone House, in Great Yarmouth, and Clere House, in Ormesby, after September 2013.
