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24 news Adults <strong>Stockton</strong> Personal care at home At some point in your life you, or someone close to you, may need assistance, support and personal care to help maintain independence and quality of life. Personal care means help with everyday tasks such as getting up, dressed‚ washing and bathing. Local providers of this kind of care locally include <strong>Stockton</strong> Council’s Health and Social Care services‚ private care agencies and voluntary organisations. All agencies must register with the regulatory body, Care Quality Commission (CQC). You can see details of local home care providers accredited by <strong>Stockton</strong> Council at www.stockton. gov.uk/homecare or at the CQC website www.cqc.org. uk The Council is the main provider of assistance for local people, with most entitled to an assessment to find out their needs and how they can be met. Even if you don’t want the Council to arrange services for you‚ the assessment is a useful way of identifying what services might benefit you. It will also show whether you meet the eligibility criteria for the services the Council has a duty to provide. To find out more, call (01642) 527764 any weekday from 8.30am – 5pm (4.30pm on Fridays) or email firstcontact@stockton.gov.uk You can also send a query online at www.stockton. gov.uk/citizenservices/ firstcontact/fc/ or call at our offices at Bath Lane, <strong>Stockton</strong>. We can arrange interpreters if required. Time to reminisce Older residents came together to reminisce about favourite books from their childhood to mark World Book Day at <strong>Stockton</strong>’s Libraries. Claire Pratt, <strong>Stockton</strong> Council’s Reader Development Officer, said: “The books we read as children often hold a special place in our hearts. It was lovely to see residents come along and share their experiences and some even brought along their battered, dog-eared favourites with them.” Services Winter warmth Tristar Homes have taken steps to ensure their vulnerable and elderly customers are safe during one of the coldest winters for decades. Employees have gone the extra mile to ensure vulnerable and elderly customers can manage during the prolonged cold spell by contacting and visiting customers who might need help, checking they are comfortable, warm and well supplied with food and drink. Mrs Eva Collinson, 84, from Roseworth, pictured A bid by <strong>Stockton</strong> and other North East councils to help meet the health needs of the region’s veterans and their families has won national backing. The Centre for Public Scrutiny, using funding from the Department of Health, will provide cash and expert advice for the project, here with Carron Diddams from Tristar Homes, was so touched by the gesture she sent in a thank you card to show her appreciation! Linda Minns, Support Services Associate Director at Tristar Homes, said: “Although many of our vulnerable and elderly customers have the assistance of family and other organisations, some do not have this support network. Our Patch Managers are always in regular contact with customers but, because of the recent weather, we really wanted to make sure people were safe and help out where possible.” Improving veterans’ health launched last month by the health overview and scrutiny committees from all 12 North East local authorities. Examining the physical, mental and broader health needs of ex-servicemen and women and their families, the study will also assess how local and national agencies are meeting these needs, as well as how aware they are of those services.
news Arts, <strong>Stockton</strong> Culture and Leisure Page 25 To infinity and beyond... Book a date in your diary for the evening of Sunday, 2 May as we mark the coming of spring with an exciting event to celebrate the anniversary of the opening of the iconic Infinity Bridge. The bank holiday event will see the Borough’s school children and community groups lead local people in a magical lantern parade from bridge to bridge via the Riverside, culminating in the release of biodegradable Chinese style sky and river wish lanterns. Starting from the Princess of Wales Bridge the procession will carry homemade lanterns, big and small and made out of willow, tissue and glue, to the Infinity Bridge and beyond. Bring all the family down to the Riverside to marvel at the spectacle and join in the sunset procession. Look out for more details at www. stockton.gov.uk/ infinity or telephone (01642) 527696 as the May bank holiday approaches. Talented local writers Two very different local writers have seen their work published. Keen poet Janis Landless, 53, lives in <strong>Stockton</strong> and her book ‘Verse Variations’ touches on human emotion of the heart – lost love and wanting love as well as spiritual poetry about angels. If you would like a copy email janislandess@hotmail. co.uk 78-year-old Jim Haggas is from Yarm and reflects on how he feels his generation was fortunate to be born in the right place at the right time in his third book ‘No Ordinary Man’. For a copy, contact Atkinson Printers on 01429 267849 or call Jim direct on (01642) 784357. DID YOU KNOW? <strong>Stockton</strong> Borough Libraries is on Facebook with all the latest library information.
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