Tag Archives: Older care
Carers delighted by company help
The Home from Hospital scheme, run by the Carers’ Resource charity, has won sponsorship
9:50am Saturday 24th March 2012 in News By Alistair Shand
A project that helps elderly people living alone to return home after a spell in Airedale Hospital has been safeguarded.
The Home from Hospital scheme, run by the Carers’ Resource charity, has won sponsorship from Skipton-based Comply Direct after a lack of funding had put the initiative at risk.
But the charity warns that without similar support from others, the long-term existence of the project may be unsure. The venture aims to make people’s transition back home following discharge from hospital as smooth as possible.
How can technology shape the way we provide care?
Family and care service support for the vulnerable has yet to benefit from the technological developments of our modern world
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Madeleine Starr
Caring is going to happen to all of us; so is it time we dragged support for families who care into the 21st century?
For too long the work that carers do has gone unnoticed and unrewarded
Putting carers in the spotlight
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| Posted on 21 March 2012
Across the country there are more than six million people who give up their time to help loved ones. They might collect their medication, sort out their laundry, assist with managing their money or help them get ready in the morning. If you were to ask each of these six million about the support they provide, the vast majority would say they were just being a good relative, or neighbour, or friend. Very few would categorise themselves first and foremost as a carer.
