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It’s never too late to be an advanced achiever
New year means a new you – and the age at which we are changing our lives is going up all the time. Jerome Taylor reports on the ‘advanced achievers’
Sunday 30 December 2012
After the fireworks come the resolutions. The new year is that time in our lives when we think about fresh horizons and greener pastures. But those who might be tempted to state that change is a young person’s game need to think again. With our maturing but increasingly healthy population, age should no longer be the thing that stops us trying out something new.
Take Srikumar Sen, a former boxing correspondent who, at the age of 81, has published his first work of fiction, a novel that has already won a literary award. Buoyed by the success of his debut, he has now at work on his second book.
Dame Joan Bakewell, the previous government’s voice for elder people and a critic of society’s lack of imagination when it comes to the country’s ageing population, says retirement is no longer about finding a hobby to keep you occupied. It is an opportunity to grab a new lease of life. “It’s enormously reinvigorating to find a new interest or activity as you grow older,” she says. “It stops you slowing down and getting stuck in a routine. It keeps people young and it opens up new friendships, gives people skills they perhaps didn’t know they had.” She adds: “Things are much more flexible and they’ve got to get more so. Our country has got to harness the skills of older people. Employers have got to get more flexible, use the skills that are there and keep old people young.”
Carer Services Prescription in Cambridgeshire
Are you a Carer and need a Break?
Are you caring for someone and feel emotionally or physically overwhelmed? Would a break make a difference to your well being?
You can visit your GP and explain your situation. It is important that your GP acknowledges you are a carer and that your details are logged on their Carers Register which will try to improve the ongoing support available to you.
If you and your GP agree that more support is required, you will be issued with a free Prescription. Your details will be passed to Crossroads Care Cambridgeshire with your consent, so that you can be supported with information and the opportunity of a carers assessment. We will visit you to discuss the most appropriate form of support, which could include a free short break. We can point you in the right direction to where you can find out more about caring, your rights, free services or benefits you may be entitled to.
You may choose to have a short break for some “me” time away from it all to support your own health or to keep an appointment.
http://www.crossroadscarecambridgeshire.org.uk
Carers say funding cuts will end up costing council more in long term
Cuts of £500,000 to carers services in Derby will cost the city council more in the long run.
By PAUL WHYATT
CARERS in Derby say plans to slash funding for services
they use by £500,000 will cost the city council far more in the long term.
Vita Snowden, of the campaign group Protect Derby Carers’ Services, said many of the city’s 5,000 carers would be unable to cope if their support services were forced to fold as a result of the cuts.
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Councillor Fareed Hussain said carers would still be able to access services.
And that, she claimed, would leave the council having to take on responsibility for the care of thousands more vulnerable adults.
Ms Snowden said: “The council thinks it is saving money by cutting carers’ services but it will end up spending much more.
“It costs
the council approximately £26,000 per year to pay for one person to live in a care home. The amount it is looking to cut over the next three is the same as the amount it would cost them to look after 20 adults.
“There are 5,000 carers looking after loved ones in Derby. If they cannot cope, thousands more adults will have to go into care homes. It will cost the council millions more.”
