Suranne Jones; care for dementia sufferers; Hsiao-Hung Pai
Actress Suranne Jones; caring for dementia sufferers; Hsiao-Hung Pai on the sex trade; Emma Stewart discusses finding jobs if you have had a break. Jane Garvey presents.
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Care options for a loved one with dementia
Duration: 03:21
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Suranne Jones
Suranne Jones talks Scott and Bailey & her latest role in the play, Beautiful Thing.
Duration: 14:59
Dementia
Finding suitable care options for loved ones diagnosed with dementia.
Duration: 14:55
Women Returning to Work
The issues facing women who want to return to work after a break and the support available
Duration: 05:10
Migrant sex workers
Journalist Hsiao-Hung Pai who went undercover in UK brothels to unveil reality of trade
Duration: 07:05
Dementia
Have your or one of your loved ones been diagnosed with dementia? If so, have you found a suitable care option? It can be a confusing and emotionally draining-experience working out what is best for everyone concerned. There are more than 670,000 people living with some form of dementia听in England alone, and the chances are that most of us will be touched by the condition听at some point in our lives.听 We hear some of your stories and Jane听speaks Hannah Clack from the and听Matthew Trainer from the .听
Suranne Jones
Suranne Jones first rose to prominence playing the role of Karen McDonald in Coronation Street.听 She鈥檚 since received critical acclaim for her role as a woman convicted of the murder of two police officers in Unforgiven, and is currently starring as DC Rachel Bailey in the hit ITV听crime drama , for which she鈥檚 received a Royal Television Society Award for Best Performance in a Drama.听听Suranne joins Jane to discuss her career and her latest role on the West End stage, playing Sandra, in Jonathan Harvey鈥檚 classic play .
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Beautiful Thing runs at the Arts Theatre in London until听25 May, followed by a short UK tour visiting Liverpool, Leeds and Brighton.
Support for Women Returning to Work
What are the issues facing women who want to return to work after a break and what support and advice is available to them ? Jane is joined by Emma Stewart from the which has just launched a new online career advice service for women who find themselves locked out of work, and by听Alison, who struggled with returning to work after she had twins.
Hsiao-Hung Pai: Migrant sex workers
There are an estimated 80,000 sex workers in the UK a quarter of whom are migrants and the majority are women. Jane speaks to the investigative journalist Hsiao-Hung Pai who went undercover as a housekeeper in a number of brothels in the UK to unveil the reality of the British sex trade and the plight of migrant women who are trapped and controlled on the margins of society.听听听
Hsiao-Hung Pai is author of Invisible, published by The Westbourne Press.
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Role Contributor Presenter Jane Garvey Broadcast
- Mon 15 Apr 2013 10:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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