Care crisis worst for family carers 3 comments
Laura Graham, writer of our regular Carer’s Voice column, looks at the crisis faced by family carers “Hospital wards are overcrowded, a million people are not getting the care they [...]
The Dementia Whisperer – reviewed 0 comments
The Dementia Whisperer: Scenes from the frontline of caring Author: Agnes Juhasz Publisher: Hammersmith Press, 2016 RRP: £12.99 hardback; £3.79 Kindle edition (link to Amazon.co.uk will open in a new [...]
Walking the Tightrope 0 comments
Laura Graham, writer of our regular Carer’s Voice column, was invited to the recent meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Carers. The event was focusing on the challenges [...]
Carers Week – so what’s new? 6 comments
Laura Graham takes a sideways look at the support provided to carers, in the week dedicated to recognising the work they do. And so it’s Carer’s Week. In some areas [...]
Post-Stroke rehabilitation at the NHS 6 comments
Laura Graham continues her account of becoming a carer, following the major stroke her mother experienced in December 2012, at the age of 81 Stability brings a transfer to a [...]
Introducing Carer’s Voice 0 comments
This is the first of a regular series of articles written by Laura Graham, who will be sharing her first-hand experience of being a carer – learning the ropes, and [...]