If he’s lucky, Frank Bailey gets a good night’s sleep twice a week. The rest of the time he is on call and spends the small hours worrying, waiting for a bell to ring, to signal at best that his sick wife, Faith, needs help out of bed; at worst that she is struggling for breath and he will have to call paramedics to take her to hospital.
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Now is the Time- Hardest Hit: Disabled people march in London
Hardest Hit: Disabled people march in London – live coverage
Live coverage from the capital as an expected 5,000-10,000 disabled people protest on the Hardest Hit march against cuts to benefits and services
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETDrGOXZsSc&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Social care cuts: 'The people concerned are invisible'
Social care cuts: ‘The people concerned are invisible’
The most vulnerable sections of society are emerging as the worst hit by council cuts
- Karen McVeigh
- The Guardian, Tuesday 10 May 2011
- Article history
Frank Bailey, 80, and his wife Faith, 72, who are at risk of having the funding for overnight care cut.
Lynda Bellingham adds her voice to campaign against cuts to dementia care
Lynda Bellingham adds her voice to campaign against Haringey’s cuts to dementia care
Charlotte Newton , Reporter Sunday, May 8, 2011
10:30 AM
ACTRESS and broadcaster Lynda Bellingham has accused Haringey Council of “short-sightedness” over its plans to close vital dementia day and residential centres.
