Hello and apologies for missing last week’s news. Very sadly my father in law died unexpectedly and as you can imagine we’ve been very preoccupied getting everything sorted out. He was 88 and had become severely disabled during the last four years of his life eventually needing residential care, as his wife was unable to cope physically. Thankfully they were able fund the package of care that he needed but even so we often felt very guilty about not being able to provide him with more. As the government contemplates severe financial cuts I can’t help wondering how others with less financial support will cope. The most frail and vulnerable in our society should expect the rest of us to do everything we can to care for them in their final years. We need to ensure that they and their families receive all the support they so richly deserve. New centre for independent living leads to loss of two DPOs Two disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) in Northamptonshire have been forced to close af...