Guideposts – Supporting carers during the covid crisis
Guideposts CEO Matthew Jones writes about some of the challenges carers have faced during 2020 and how the Guideposts team have taken some key services online to great effect.
Guideposts CEO Matthew Jones writes about some of the challenges carers have faced during 2020 and how the Guideposts team have taken some key services online to great effect.
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We’re aiming to raise £4,250 to support 50 people to take part in our outdoor wellbeing programme at Paradise Fields, Oxfordshire.
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Guideposts Information Service heard from a young woman, Jenny, who lives with from Chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and had been self-isolating at home during the Covid-19 crisis.
During lockdown, we took a call from a lady, who was distressed and needed urgent help for her elderly father who has Parkinson’s Disease, loss of voice and lives on his own in Gloucester. Some sockets in the kitchen had come off the wall and were unsafe. Harriet was worried that her father might try to fix it himself and cause an accident.
An article to help understand the persistent symptoms that are sometimes reported following a Covid-19 infection, and some ways to handle them.
How Guideposts Information Service helped Bethany who was extremely anxious about shopping, receiving post, wiping surfaces, washing clothes and the thought of lockdown ending.
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