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A carer who stole a stroke victim’s life savings has walked free from court after a judge found she was motivated by “desperation” to address her own financial problems. Belinda Dent, 44, was handed a 12 month prison sentence suspended for 16 months and was ordered to repay the money after she...
For older people a fall can have potentially devastating consequences leading to painful bruising, fractures, or even death. Around 250,000 older people are hospitalised and more than 9000 die every year as a result of a fall. And even when a person recovers from the fall, it can still be life-...
From this week new benefits claimants will no longer be eligible to receive Disability Living Allowance (DLA) following the introduction of the new Personal Independence Payment (PIP). PIP, which was piloted in Merseyside, North West England, Cumbria, Cheshire and North East England from April,...
Many men would rather own up to being a fan of Canadian teenybopper Justin Bieber than admit to feeling down, a new campaign suggests. It’s Men’s Health Week, with this year’s campaign focussing on removing the stigma associated with men’s mental health and encouraging them to seek help if they...
Every year in England and Wales around 40,000 people with dementia go missing or get lost. In fact, 41 per cent of people who have dementia go missing at some point, many more than once. Getting lost or ‘wandering’ can be an early sign of dementia, or the result of a brain injury, and it is often a...
An elderly disabled man could be facing a jail sentence after admitting to attacking his carer with a hammer. Wheelchair-using David Bird, 84, pleaded guilty to wounding with intent after he battered Christopher Blake, 43, with a hammer. Newcastle Crown Court heard that Mr Blake had been Bird's...
It’s Carers Week, and despite there being 6.5 million carers in the UK a new study has shown that most new carers feel “woefully let down” when they first take on the role and the majority struggle by with little or no help for the first few years. Findings from the Prepared to Care? report,...
Most carers are happy with the support and services they and the person they care for receive, a new survey has shown. Of the nearly 58,000 carers who took part in the survey, 36 per cent said they were extremely or very satisfied with the support they and the person they care for received, and...
The mother of a disabled woman has walked free from court despite spending her daughter’s benefits payments on gambling. Julie Smith, 46, was given a two-year community order and ordered to perform 80 hours’ unpaid work after she pleaded guilty to taking £124,536 from her daughter over a six year...
Drinking to excess isn’t an issue solely confined to young people out on the town of a weekend. In fact alcohol misuse amongst older people appears to be on the rise. As many as one in five older men and one in 10 older women drink enough to cause damage their health, this represents an increase of...
