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Does no one care asks disabled man left in the cold?
Disabled man left to freeze
Chris Eaborn, keeping warm next to an old gas fire, lent to him by a neighbour
A DISABLED man trapped in his freezing Wigan home has made a public cry for help after having his power cut off for more than three days.
Chris Eaborn was so desperate for help after his electricity was cut off that he put notices in his window crying “HELP! We have had no electricity or heating for 72 hours. Does anyone care at all?”
Another reads: “We cannot cook any food, we cannot shower, basic human rights denied,”
The 56-year-old had been hoping for a quick fix after cable fault hit his home in Woodhouse Lane, Beech Hill, last Saturday night.
With no phoneline, he was forced to seek the help of a neighbour, whose power had also been shut off, to call Electricity North West.
But due to high volumes of calls following the bad weather, Mr Eaborn was unable to get through until Monday morning,
So he put up an SOS message in his window, hoping someone would take pity and help him and the two other houses in the row of terraced homes affected.
The resident, who has an ulcerated leg, said; “I have no power, no heat and I am freezing – there is no damp proofing and I have had two freezing nights.
“I can’t even boil a kettle, have a shower, or cook hot food – I can’t do anything because everything is powered by electricity. I need the heat because of my leg.
Up to £2.5m earmarked to fund volunteer army to help Norfolk’s vulnerable elderly
Up to £2.5m earmarked to fund volunteer army to help Norfolk’s vulnerable elderly population
Richard Wheeler Tuesday, January 29, 2013
5:36 PM
Council bosses have been urged to keep care funds flowing for thousands of vulnerable elderly people – after they backed spending £2.5m on recruiting a new volunteer army.
Norfolk County Council hopes to find helpers to knock on doors and tell people aged over 75 about the care services they are entitled to receive.
This will include helping people access lunch clubs, befriending services, short breaks and welfare benefit advice.
High-tech home help
By Charles Laurence , Wednesday 23 January 2013
A new touch-screen system arriving in the UK this year (courtesy of Saga!)
Simple medical information, such as a blood pressure reading, can be entered into the system.At about the time that Michael Murdock began to worry about his mother’s approaching old age, his eye was caught by a stand at a high-tech trade show. It was called GrandCare Systems. Murdock was in business fitting ‘smart’ automation technology to expensive homes – his was a company you called when you wanted to be able to set the swimming-pool temperature from your car, or watch the front gate with hidden cameras. Amid the gizmos and trade tools at the show, GrandCare seemed to be offering something a little different.
‘I thought “Wow”,’ he says. ‘Here was a company with the sort of technology I use, but adapted to help me look after my mum!’
What it was offering was a way of watching over a loved one with a minimum of intrusion and a maximum of communication. And it was easy to use.
