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Carers can often feel lonely and forgotten!
Campaigners warn loneliness is ‘hidden killer’ of elderly
Loneliness is the ‘hidden killer’ of older people, according to a new charity campaign which is calling for greater recognition of the link between isolation and ill-health.
The Campaign to End Loneliness warns that lonely older people are at increased risk of depression, lack of exercise and bad diet.
The campaign, set up by a range of charities – including People’s Health Trust funded group WRVS – warns that almost one in ten older people suffer from ‘intense’ loneliness.
Great news for carers with a £1.1m lottery funding project
Region wins £1.1m lottery funding
About 500 older people with learning disabilities and their carers will benefit from a new project in North Tyneside given more than £460,000 from the Big Lottery Fund.
In total, £1.1 million is being awarded to four projects across the North East from the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) Reaching Communities programme, which aims to help those most in need and build stronger communities.
The Learning Disabilities Federation will use the £463,058 grant to encourage independent living by allowing older people, many of whom rely on carers, to live in their own homes for longer.
Cuts in Norfolk were an “all-out assault” on disabled people’s living standards
Norfolk care services rallying cry
By Richard Wheeler Monday, February 13, 2012
10:04 AM
Care campaigners have been urged to keep “fighting, complaining and yelling” to stop services for thousands of vulnerable people being decimated by government cutbacks.
The proposal will see charges of £15 to £36 implemented per session at day centres, transport arrangements changing and staff numbers decreasing.
And opponents yesterday accused the ruling Conservatives of preparing to “put their hands up like sheep” to back the spending plans, despite hundreds of people across Norfolk voicing fears about the changes.
