This Covid year has been a year of loss, of precious hours spent together with mothers, for so many. Distances have stretched, care homes have closed doors, many of us have felt the miles expand between our mothers and us, or between us and our children. Some have lost their mums, whether to Covid, or for other reasons. Some have found their contact reduced to waving through windows, whether outside parents homes, or care home buildings. Here are a few of their stories:
Holly Hartley, support worker “I’ve finally managed to get a visit booked to see my mum in her care home. We went from March to October last year not being able to see her. She is 47 and has severe multiple sclerosis and Crohn’s, and though she understands what’s going on, she doesn’t totally understand it. She’s alert but her memory is going. I think it doesn’t help being trapped in a room 24/7.
Decriminalise drugs use in Scotland now: Plea for new laws as deaths in rural areas rise eightfold
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Decriminalise drugs in Scotland use now: Plea for new laws as deaths in rural areas rise eightfold THE death toll from drugs misuse has soared up by up to eight times in a decade in parts of Scotland with rural areas among the grim hotspots, shocking new analysis has revealed. The Falkirk local authority area, has seen the biggest ten year rise in deaths in Scotland soaring by an astonishing 720%. In 2009, there were just five fatalities but in 2019 that had grown to 41.