........ my wife's regular carer was on holiday and that the carer on Monday was new.Things didn't really get much better aprt from Tuesday carer arrived at 930am,not the same one as the previos day.Wednesday 10.30am no carer,telephoned.'oh a carer has gone off sick we're trying to fit everyone in'...

Meanwhile, please do not hesitate to contact me. As my Gran would say '' Kind words butter no parsnips'' Rosemary's right http://www.carersuk.org/images/icon_smile.gif Get the social workers telephone number and then ring her every time you're having problems or don't feel well enough to cope.........

<t>If it's worries about pet's holding you back too then check with the CAB/PDSA/local Vets/local womens refuge, as in some areas of the country there is help available ''foster homes for pets'' so that a person in an abusive relationship can have their pets taken to a safe 'temporary' home until th...

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There could be a bright side to robot carers ...... after all what caree would refuse to take their tablets or play up to this carer.... http://s3.postimage.org/2exbherwk/newdalek.gif ..and just think how effective it would be when asking for SS support http://www.carersuk.org/images/icon_lol.gif

...she asked abut being a carer- do i get all the help i can, is amy a good girl and had a real conversation... she is really nice, she eve said see u next week- if u get hear about 7.50 will have it ready for u, will that be your table each week? -- how bloody nice! and for £3 all in (think i got...

What I would really love, would be for someone else to come in and cook for me,and put a plate of nice healthy food in front of me. One of the kindest things my friend often did for me when OH was alive was to make me sit down for 10mins and put a plate of hot freshly buttered toast and a mug of te...

Hello What bike do you have? I used to ride an 18S AJS (500cc) to work in all weathers. Oh the joy of cracking the ice from frozen gauntlets at the end of the journey

Do you have any contact with the District nurses or Occupational Therapy Dept. at your local hospital ? They were brilliant when my OH needed a specialist bed and mattress so that he could be got out of it easily without straining my back so much and we didn't have to pay anything, it was 'on loan' ...

With in excess of 33 thousand care assistants claiming JSA, there should be no need in this day and age for children to be doing these tasks. I am not on about the general helping round the house etc but the heavy end caring some kids provide, the personal aspects of washing and cleaning parents. b...