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Disabled old folk who are trapped in their home.
(From The Star (Sheffield))
With the government closing state-run old people's homes, councils must do more and more to help out domestically. But while many older people have welcomed the change, some have hit an obstacle which threatens to ruin their quality of life - mobility.Sidney Yates, aged 81, of Arbourthorne, Sheffield, needs a scooter to go out after suffering a stroke.But he's been told he can't have a ramp because they are only provided for people in wheelchairs.Sidney can get down one step on foot - albeit with sticks - but cannot have a ramp. But without a ramp he may as well not have a scooter - leaving him stuck indoors.Irene Nowill, 85, of Luke Lane, Wisewood, Sheffield, is in an identical position. She is still at home but has limited mobility. She has a scooter and a dangerously old ramp made by a relative, but has been denied a new one - leaving her trapped at home.Sidney's daughter Wendy Kaye, 49, called for a policy change.She said: "Buying a scooter instead of being pushed in a wheelchair was supposed to afford my dad some dignity and independence."More and ...
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