Marion spent many years looking after her mum and says moving on can be hard Marion Murphy, who's 67, moved to Norfolk with her mother Vera in September 2011, just as her mother discovered her bowel cancer had returned. Not long after the move, Vera's health deteriorated even further: "My Mum loved Norfolk. Both her parents [...]
Ian Websdale, who's 73 and from Bradwell, cares for his 70 year old wife, Beatrice who has advanced dementia. Beatrice was diagnosed in 2011 and is currently funded by Norfolk County Council to attend Rosewood Day Centre in Great Yarmouth for four days a week for six hours. Ian says the care Beatrice receives is excellent [...]
68 year old Sue Bensley cares for her 75 year old husband Charlie who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's a year ago Sue Bensley looks after her husband Charlie who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s a year ago. However, Sue has health problems of her own and before Charlie became ill, he was looking after Sue who has ME, fibromyalgia, osteo-arthritis, [...]
Norman Lamb MP launching the new North Walsham Carer Friendly Network Unpaid carers in North Walsham have received a boost as a new scheme is launched in the town to try to help and support more people who find themselves looking after a friend or relative. Several local voluntary organisations have teamed up to [...]
Whitlingham Country Park Tripboat "The Ra" Carers' Hot weather Advice As the heatwave in Norfolk continues, carers are being advised to take steps to avoid dehydration and heatstroke in anybody they are looking after who is elderly or who has heart, breathing or mobility problems. Norfolk Carers has teamed up with pharmacies as part of our [...]
Joan's Story Joan, 73, from Hoveton, cares for her husband, 75, who had a brain haemorrhage last year. She says that the health professionals with whom she first came into contact, didn’t recognise her as a carer and failed to listen to her views about the impact of her husband’s condition upon his day-to day-living, or [...]