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Vote of thanks for the carers
MORE than a dozen Oxfordshire care home staff have been recognised for their dedication at an awards ceremony.
By Emma Harrison, Reporter covering Rose Hill, Littlemore and Iffley. Contact me on 01865 425430
MORE than a dozen Oxfordshire care home staff have been recognised for their dedication at an awards ceremony.
Lisa Khan, head of care at Longlands care home in Blackbird Leys, was among those honoured at The Orders of St John Care Trust’s 2012 Oxfordshire Staff Awards.
The trust is a not for profit charitable organisation, with 72 care homes across four counties, including 18 in Oxfordshire along with others in Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Lincolnshire.
Ms Khan, 34, is on a six-month secondment from her role at Abingdon’s Old Station House.
She was nominated by her colleagues in Abingdon and won the leader of the year award.
Ms Khan, who collected her award at the ceremony at The King’s Centre in Osney Mead last month, said: “It was a wonderful achievement, I started in the trust about six years ago as a carer and worked my way up the ranks.
Blackburn carer refused free bus journey
A DISABLED man was left in Blackburn town centre after a driver refused to let his carer on his bus – despite her carrying a British Red Cross carers’ card.
By Dan Clough, Reporter
Charlotte and NathanNathan Montague, 19, has problems with his hearing, asthma, has been tested for autism and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder and takes anti-depressants.
His girlfriend, 16-year-old Charlotte Hamer, looks after his medicine and has to be with him at all times in case he has a problem.
Mr Montague, who lives with Charlotte and her parents in Rothesay Road, Blackburn, carries a NoWcard, which gives him free travel on Transdev buses.
But when the pair tried to get on the number seven bus in Blackburn Boulevard to get home, Charlotte, who carries the Red Cross Carers Emergency Card, was denied access by the driver – despite having used the card for free travel on several occasions.
The pair had no money with them and were left to walk home in the cold.
Charlotte, a student at St Mary’s College, Blackburn, said she was responsible for Nathan: “Nathan is on anti-depressants which are hugely addictive, so I have to be there to watch him take them. I keep his tablets for him. I have responsibility for him.”
Mr Montague said if he was left on his own he could have real problems.
£300m pot for independent living opens
29 October 2012 | By Rhiannon Bury
Bidding has opened for a £300 million pot aimed to help older people and adults with disabilities find affordable homes.
The care and support specialised housing fund, launched today by minister for care Norman Lamb, marks the first time that the Homes and Communities Agency has run such a programme on behalf of the Department of Health.
The HCA will administer £240 million of the fund. A further £60 million will be administered by the Greater London Authority.
