Caring Together: The Carers Strategy for Scotland 2010 - 2015
The Scottish Government and COSLA are determined to ensure that carers are supported to manage their caring responsibilities with confidence and in good health, and to have a life of their own outside of caring.
APPENDIX 2 MEMBERSHIP OF CARERS 3REFERENCE GROUP
Name |
Area |
caring situation |
|---|---|---|
Tony Fitzpatrick (resigned) |
North Lanarkshire |
Adult daughter with severe learning difficulties |
Alan Gow |
Glasgow |
Adult son with mental health problems |
Anne Henderson (resigned) |
Highland |
Dual caring role |
Rosemary Kennedy |
Glasgow |
Mother with dementia, who sadly died |
Anne Macleod |
Edinburgh |
Adult daughter with complex disabilities as a result of Rett Syndrome |
Brett Millett |
Glasgow |
Young daughter with rare genetic syndrome, Cornelia De Lange Syndrome |
Ann Oliver |
Highland |
Husband who has complex health needs, including limited mobility and bone structure problems |
Catherine Paterson |
Argyll and Bute |
Former carer for husband with motor neuron disease. Now caring for parents in their 80s, one with dementia |
Eleanor Robertson |
Renfrewshire |
Adult son with drug addiction since age 17 |
Samar Sheikh |
Lanarkshire |
Adult son with disabilities (similar to cerebral palsy) |
Paul Weddell |
West Lothian |
Wife has multiple sclerosis and adult daughter has learning difficulties |
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