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Sunday 25 March 2012
Doctors are to swap pills for the potting shed under plans to prescribe gardening on the NHS as a way to help patients beat depression.
Time spent planting, pruning and propagating can be more powerful than a dose of expensive drugs, according to Sir Richard Thompson, president of the Royal College of Physicians. (more…)
Lucy Clapham Saturday, March 24, 2012 6:57 PM
The official launch of the Aylsham Care Trust (Act) Centre was dubbed a “dream come true” by the man who spearheaded the £1.2m project.
Rees Coghlan founded the charity in 1985 and has been pushing ever since to improve facilities for the town’s residents, particularly the elderly and disabled.
And his work of more than 25 years culminated today when the centre, on the St Michael’s Hospital site, was formally opened.
It will now provide a range of community services, including hosting regular lunch clubs, offer a space for groups to meet and hold training sessions for students from City College Norwich. (more…)
9:50am Saturday 24th March 2012 in News By Alistair Shand
A project that helps elderly people living alone to return home after a spell in Airedale Hospital has been safeguarded.
The Home from Hospital scheme, run by the Carers’ Resource charity, has won sponsorship from Skipton-based Comply Direct after a lack of funding had put the initiative at risk.
But the charity warns that without similar support from others, the long-term existence of the project may be unsure. The venture aims to make people’s transition back home following discharge from hospital as smooth as possible. (more…)
You’ve probably never heard of NHS Continuing Care funding. It’d be very expensive if everyone knew about it. But I’m going to let you in on the secret.
by Paul Brand: ITV News Correspondent
If you’ve got a mental or physical health need because you’re ill, disabled or you’ve had an accident, you can ask the NHS to pay for all your care. You’re assessed on your health, not on your bank balance, so everyone who’s ill enough is entitled to it. The only problem is you might find you’re a lot less entitled to it if you live in certain parts of England. (more…)
A campaigning mum has taken a major step in improving the lives of severely disabled residents after helping to get a new state-of-the-art toilet facility installed in north Norfolk.
Lucy Clapham Friday, March 23, 2012
1:02 PM
Debbie Green has finally got the disabled toilet and changing area she has been campaigning for. Pictured in the new room at Glanford with builder and landlord Roger Combe. PHOTO: ANTONY KELLY
Debbie Green has been pushing for years to get more of the pioneering “changing place” toilets built in her home county after having her son Alistair, who was left brain damaged following his premature birth.
The “enchanting” young man died in 2008 aged 17 but Mrs Green has continued her fight to see more of the much-needed facilities installed. (more…)
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