Three million carers struggling to care - and hold down a job
15/05/2008
A new survey shows nearly half of those caring for an older relative or dependent agree that it is not possible to combine being a carer with a career.
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A fair Britain should mean equal rights for older people
Paul Cann, Director of Policy at Help the Aged shares his reaction to the draft legislative programme announced today by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Threat of another huge hike in energy bills
Energy supplier Centrica today lifted the lid on the pricing pressure energy suppliers are coming under. As a result the outlook for consumers looks bleak, with comparison website uSwitch.com predicting that there could be an unprecedented 46% increase in household energy bills this year. “Given this scenario,” say uSwitch, “fixed rate energy plans are starting to look like a potential lifeline for worried consumers”.
Call for debate as Gordon Brown pledges to make care fairer
"Right care Right deal", the new national campaign launched to build public awareness and support for the need for brave and innovative solutions for the social care system, have today responded to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's pledge to build a "fairer Britain" as he launches a consultation on how to fund future social care for an ageing population.
Why SHOULDN'T patients buy their own treatments?
Several high profile cases in recent months have shown that NHS Trusts are taking an intransigent line when patients want to short circuit the NHS system and pay for drugs or treatments not approved by NICE. Now the debate has been taken up in one of Britain's leading medical journals.
Win a 3 night break in the Peak District
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The Maynard is the first Boutique Hotel in The Peak District - with the decor and furnishings matching the hotel’s amazing Peak District views. And you have the opportunity to be amongst the first to get the opportunity to book in.
Free for all readers – the Mature Times Guide to Equity release
If you are contemplating releasing equity tied up in your home, you will want to have some very important questions answered first. A new guide has just been produced by Mature Times which provides an independent overview - and copies of the new guide are available FREE to all our readers.
Scotsdales Garden Centre teams up with Cambridge Cancer Help Centre
The Cambridge Cancer Help Centre is a registered charity and was founded by Marilyn Barnes in 1986 to support those suffering from cancer and their families and friends, by teaching methods of relaxation, by providing counselling and non-medical advice, and by offering a wide range of complementary therapies. Importantly, it provides a place in which to meet other people who have had the same cancer as oneself.
Absolutely Joanna
Her TV role as the dissolute Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous might have led the uninformed viewer to make some very incorrect assumptions about Joanna Lumley. Tony Watts meets the woman behind the role as she launches a new project for homeless people.
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Win a copy of 'The Osmonds - Ultimate Collection' CD
In their 50 historic years in entertainment, The Osmonds, collectively and individually have recorded 142 albums, selling 100 million copies worldwide with 51 Gold or Platinum recordings. They have set concert attendance records around the world and continue their successful recording, television and performing careers, still breaking records across the globe. Together they’re back!
Parking justice for lifeboat veteran
Disabled lifeboat veteran Mike Parker has finally succeeded in persuading his council to stop giving his daughter parking tickets when she brought him his groceries – with the help of the Mature Times. By Jayne Warren
Too little, too late
Over the last two months we have published articles by the Shadow Minister for Pensions and the Minister of State Mike O’Brien - both setting out their visions for future pension provision. Frank Cooper, National Pensioners Convention President, says that what’s on offer is too little and too late to help today’s generation of pensioners.
Postcode lottery for healthcare strikes again
Eight of out ten people in Britain say they are “very concerned” about the quality of care that they or their loved ones will get in later life. According to new research conducted for Age Concern, four out of ten people are not even confident they will be treated with dignity or respect - despite a high profile Government campaign to address this.
There’ll be bluebells over…
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The bluebell is one of our most beautiful woodland flowers. But as our gardening guru Carole Davies explains, our native species is under threat from a foreign invader.
