Tag Archives: Older care
Free flu jabs for carers
Free flu jabs for ‘at risk’ groups in NHS Forth Valley
AT RISK people in Bo’ness, Blackness and Whitecross are urged to get their annual free flu jab, that this year includes the swine flu strain.
Last flu season, NHS Forth Valley achieved Scotland’s highest uptake of over-65s.
South London carers finding help
Local community support schemes
Find out how the Southwark Circle, a south London community group, helps local residents like carer Ivy and her husband John manage their lives.
Get support if you look after someone
http://www.nhs.uk/Video/Pages/local-community-support-schemes.aspx
Age UK warns Norfolk’s elderly facing winter fuel poverty
5.4 million households in the UK are living in fuel poverty and one in three pensioners across the country experience fuel poverty
Dominic Bareham dominic.bareham2@archant.co.uk
Thursday, October 13, 2011
12.48 AM
Winter fuel poverty could hit Norfolk harder than other parts of the country, an Age UK Norfolk representative has warned.
Linda Gill, the charity’s development manager, said the county had a higher than average elderly population receiving the winter fuel payment struggling to meet the increasing cost of fuel to keep their homes warm during the cold winter months.
