Posted by janbury on May 15th, 2012 in Uncategorized | 0 comments
I will borrow the” rollercoaster” idea from the Partnership trust website as it sums up the ups and downs of life with mental health issues and the life of a carer also. If my son is coping i breathe a sigh of relief and allow myself a smile but these days are few and far between as he is really struggling with life at the moment. I laugh and joke when i am out in the company of others but sometimes i feel i am slowly disintegrating especially at night when it all seems worse somehow. I live for the day when he will feel okay again and keep that glimmer of hope in the back of my mind....
Posted by janbury on Apr 25th, 2012 in Furness Locality, Uncategorized | 0 comments
The Barrow office are very pleased that one of our volunteers, Maria, has been accepted to do her Mental Health Nursing degree at Lancaster University. She has been a great help with some of our work for the physcosis portfolio, ringing round the GP surgeries asking about services for mental health. Maria also helps us with locating media reports surrounding mental health issues in the local press. We hope to keep Maria with us for as long as possible but wish her lots of luck in her future degree course.
Posted by janbury on Mar 29th, 2012 in Uncategorized | 0 comments
The joint physical health summit was held on 22nd March at Newton Rigg Campus at Penrith. It was a lovely journey from Barrow as the sun was shining and it is a very scenic drive to Penrith. Linda Ogilvie and i were keen to attend as we had been to the pre meeting and wanted to highlight the changes that are happening at Barrow Community Gym. Judith Whittam from Adult Social Care was on our table so i did my best to persuade her that a lot of the changes that are taking place are not ideal. The gym is introducing a 16 week programme to existing members some of whom have been members for years and...
Posted by janbury on Mar 26th, 2012 in Furness Locality, Uncategorized | 0 comments
The steering group was formed by members of CMHG originally when there were murmurings of a 16 week programme being introduced for members. We were convinced that many members could not cope with only attending for a short time as some members have been going for years and maintain their mental health and wellbeing by going to the Community Gym. Unfortunately the Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust have decided to introduce this and have discharged any members that have not attended for a while and are inviting the rest for an individual review to inform them of the new 16 week programme. This...
Posted by janbury on Feb 24th, 2012 in Furness Locality, Uncategorized | 0 comments
The Barrow office are pleased to welcome back volunteers Pat and Linda who have both been in hospital recently. Thanks to Furness General hospital who looked after them both brilliantly. Linda was heard spreading the word about cumbria mental health group to anyone who would listen on the ward! We witnessed a young man in casualty who came in with extreme paranoia the night Linda was admitted and we witnessed the struggle the staff and police had to get a response from the crisis team. The police were extremely patient and calm with the young man in question but from the comments they made it...
