<t>Charles: "The bug I've had wasn't a flu bug but knocked me for six anyway, something I've not had happen for years."<br/> <br/> Exactly the same thing happened to me: I got what I thought was an ordinary cold, followed by a chill, about 10 days before Christmas and am only just getting over it. I...

<t>Apologies if this should really be under the "Carers' Health" section, but I have posted it here as it is definitely a "current affair". I came across this comment in today's Daily Mail.<br/> <br/> "Dr Clare Gerada, chairman of the Royal College of GPs, said: ‘The problem is that many people wh...

<t>I raised the matter of Shropshire Crossroads' impending closure with David Wright, MP for Telford. He subsequently wrote to Telford and Wrekin Council regarding the matter and has now replied to me with a copy of the response he has received from the Lead Joint Commissioning Manager, Older People...

"Some of them are better than others, some succeed, some fail. Thats the nature of social enterprise"

Well, that's going to be a tremendous comfort to those people who are losing their much-needed services, isn't it?

According to a story in the Shropshire Star (see link below), Shropshire Crossroads has run out of money and is due to close early next year. www.shropshirestar.com/tag/crossroads-care-shropshire/ I am devastated at this news - the service that Crossroads provided for my Dad and me in the months lea...

According to a story in today's Shropshire Star (see link below), Shropshire Crossroads has run out of money and is due to close early next year. www.shropshirestar.com/tag/crossroads-care-shropshire/ I am devastated at this news - the service that Crossroads provided for my Dad and me in the months...

<t>Very interesting question! I have suffered a number of new ailments since I stopped being a carer (like many carers I just "kept going" during the actual time I was a carer), and I firmly believe that caring does have a long-term inpact on your health and wellbeing - not to mention your career, f...

According to a story in today's Shropshire Star (see link below), Shropshire Crossroads has run out of money and is due to close early next year. www.shropshirestar.com/tag/crossroads-care-shropshire/ I am devastated at this news - the service that Crossroads provided for my Dad and me in the months...

<t>"I am seriously starting to lose sleep over this, I have even started trying to find a job every employer says the same thing "why havent you worked for the last..." so many years and when I say "caring for my grandparents." instantly they asked if its still on going I say yes and they say they a...

<t>Brian, I don't know why I didn't spot your post earlier, but just wanted to say you have my support 100% in taking on the JobCentre as a former carer. I had a miserable experience with them two years ago, under slightly different circumstances. My Carer's Allowance was stopped four weeks after Da...