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March 2010 Kings
Heath care home had a history of complaints, inquest told The
Birmingham Post ... heard that bucket chairs, which sink
into a dip making it very hard for a person to get out of, were taken
out of use in care homes in the 1980s. ...
9 March 2010 Residents
left unwashed in Kings Heath nursing home The Birmingham Post Residents
in a nursing home where a war veteran died just ten days after moving in
were unshaven with unwashed hair and long finger nails …
9 March 2010 Residents
praise outstanding care at Bupa care homes Caring
Business Oliver Thomas, Director of Bupa's UK Care Homes,
said: “Residents are in the best position to judge our care and I am
delighted to see such a positive ...
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March 2010 Action
on Elder Abuse appoint Berryman as its legal partner Midlands
Business News The arrangement
enhances the knowledge of AEA helpline staff and in turn strengthens the
support they can provide to callers."
9 March 2010 Three
care workers in court over abuse at residential home Coventry
Telegraph They will face town magistrates over allegations of
ill-treatment against three residents at the small, privately-run
Wembrook Care Home in Attleborough. ...
8 March 2010 Marchers
join protest over care cut plans South
Wales Evening Post Emotions have been running high ever since
Neath Port Talbot Council announced it plans to replace seven outdated
residential care homes for the elderly ...
8 March 2010 Little
money available to recover from care home thief The
Northern Echo LITTLE money may be redeemed from a former nursing
home administrator who stole thousands of pounds of residents' money.
Brenda Allen, now 45, ...
8 March 2010 High
Court makes Sutton Council pay for mental health patient Communitycare.co.uk
Under the decision authorities could find themselves responsible
for people placed in care homes by other councils who are then
sectioned for a short period ...
8 March 2010 Stole
£64k from care home residents Derry
Today A 35 year-old woman has admitted stealing more than £64000
from the residents of a care home. Juanita Ferguson, of Lower
Nassau Street, admitted six charges ...
6 March 2010 Inspectors
'relied on letter that didn't exist' The
Herald Flaws in the inspection of fire safety standards at care
homes may have spread to some 55 premises across Lanarkshire, an
inquiry has been told. ...
5 March 2010 Woman
robs residents of Londonderry care home BBC
News A woman has pleaded guilty to stealing £64000 from the
residents of a Londonderry care home. Juanita Ferguson, 35, of
Lower Nassau Street, admitted six ...
5 March 2010 Meeting
hears concerns over care home closure plan The
Northern Echo By Chris Fay » RESIDENTS gathered for a public
meeting tonight to discuss proposals to close the only council-run care
home in their community. ...
5 March 2010 Thanks
for mum's care Shields Gazette OUR
mother, Ella McOwat, spent the last six years of her life at Beech
Street House residential care home in Jarrow. My sister and I
would like to express ...
4 March 2010 Support
grows for care home campaign Free
Press By Hana Callard » A PETITION to save a vital respite care
home from closure is to be handed to Monmouthshire County Council
today. ...
4 March 2010 Redditch
care worker cleared of abuse charges at Alcester care home
BirminghamMail.net The charges
followed alleged incidents at the Cherry Trees care home in
Alcester where Akadri, 50, of Felton Close, Redditch, was a senior care
assistant. ...
4 March 2010 Police
probe Cumbrian nursing home after mistreatment complaints News
& Star Details of the concerns about Branthwaite Care Home
have not been revealed. But Cumbria County Council, which pays the fees
of some of the residents, ...
4 March 2010 Yarmouth
care home manager struck off Great
Yarmouth Mercury A CARE home manager who shut elderly
residents in a tiny room to get them “out of her face” has been
kicked out of the profession. ...
4 March 2010 Anger
as budget is approved www.thisisretford.co.uk
PLANS to sell off county care homes, cut back on services
and freeze council tax have all been approved by the county council. The
2010/2011 budget was ...
4 March 2010 Inspectors
did not have clear training in fire safety The
Herald Health board inspectors failed to ensure legal
requirements were met when examining fire safety standards at a care
home where 14 pensioners later died in a ...
3 March 2010 Council
votes to close Swanage care home BBC
News Dorset County Council has voted unanimously to close a care
home in Dorset despite protests by relatives and local residents.
The Care South charity, ...
3 March 2010 Care
centre a positive experience Uxbridge
Gazette FOLLOWING medical advice, my 87-year-old mother had to
move to a care home last November. She had a terminal illness
that was very advanced and needed ...
3 March 2010 Care
Homes And Domestic Pets Bill UKPets "The
UK needs to adopt a more enlightened and responsible policy towards
increasing the number of care homes and sheltered housing
accommodation which allow ...
3 March 2010 Care
worker stuffed trousers into dementia sufferer's mouth South
Wales Argus A CARE assistant pushed a pair of rolled up trousers
into the mouth of an 89-year-old dementia sufferer at a Chepstow care
home, telling a colleague "that ...
3 March 2010 Anglesey
Council in care homes sell-off Holyhead
and Anglesey Mail CONCERNS are being raised about the possible
sell-off of six care homes across Anglesey after officers were
given the go ahead to meet companies willing to ...
3 March 2010 Focus
is more on cash than on care Eastbourne
Today I work for Cheneys Residential Care home in Seaford,
which is run by a local not for profit organisation that has provided
residential care in the county ...
3 March 2010 Inspector
saw resident at Maypole Nursing Home badly treated, inquest told The
Birmingham Post A care home inspector has told an inquest
how he saw a resident of a Birmingham nursing home being treated in an
undignified way. Joe O'Connor said loud pop ...
2 March 2010 Inquest
told of fears over level of care at Maypole Nursing Home The
Birmingham Post The daughter of a
man who dies after just ten days at a Birmingham Nursing Home…
2 March 2010 The
great care betrayal This is Money Yesterday,
the Mail also revealed that councils in certain areas, such as Hull,
Liverpool and Lambeth, are far more likely to fund care home
places than ...
2 March 2010 The
truth behind the cuts orgy Morning Star
Online SNP-run West Dunbartonshire is axing two libraries, two care
homes and all specialist primary school teachers. Labour's North
Lanarkshire Council is ...
2 March 2010 14%
council tax rise needed for care plans, Buckinghamshire County Council ...
Bucks Free Press Councillor David
Shakespeare said the Labour policy would lead to court challenges by
those outside the criteria for free care, such as those in care homes.
...
2 March 2010 Elderly
“at the mercy” of care home nursing fees lottery Claims
Financial (blog) A Daily Mail investigation has revealed the
extent to which care home funding depends on the area elderly
residents live in. Figures show that some councils ...
2 March 2010 Teesside
care home facing new allegations of neglect GazetteLive
A TEESSIDE care home is facing allegations of neglect for
the second time in less than two years, after an elderly lady resident
was admitted to hospital ...
2 March 2010 Floral
Hall faces closure threat Inverness
Courier Other measures include reviewing council-run care
homes across the region, as well as looking into plans for an
additional five new care homes - including ...
2 March 2010 'Underhand
tactics used in care home closure talks' The
Northern Echo By Mark Tallentire » A COUNCIL has been accused of
using underhand tactics after consulting pensioners about closing their
home on the day of a major ...
2
March 2010 Lives
of squalor behind closed doors Irish
Times Self-neglect is included in the definition of elder
abuse in the US, but not in Ireland or the UK. The HSE 2008
policy Responding to Allegations of Elder ...
2
March 2010 Pensioners
are punished by the care lottery Daily
Mail One of the poorest areas - Halton in Cheshire - funds fewer care-home
places than well-heeled areas such as Windsor and Oxfordshire, even
though the need ...
2
March 2010 UNIONS
BLAST 25000COUNCIL JOBS THREAT Mirror.co.uk
Last week the Tories in Nottingham pushed through budget cuts
which may axe care homes. Across England, spending on children's
services is set to fall by ...
1 March 2010 The
human stories behind the council budget decisions BBC
News Today Ms Maher worries about her own employment prospects
and those of the other 50 or so staff at the care home where she
works. ...
1
March 2010 Council
cuts threaten 25000 jobs, BBC survey suggests BBC
News Some councils want to halve the number of care homes,
others will follow suit. We'll go from crisis to disaster. Our
communities will suffer, ...
1
March 2010 Notts
County Council approves budget and improvement plan Worksop
Today By Sam Chetwynd Three local care homes are to be
sold and around 1500 jobs are to go to help Notts County Council save £200million
over the next five years. ...
1
March 2010 Dignity
Action Day held in Northleach Wilts and
Gloucestershire Standard As part of the Gloucestershire Dignity
in Care Campaign, Gloucestershire Care Services' Care Home Supprt
Team developed a dignity training package for its ...
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March 2010 Tory
council cuts provoke outrage Morning
Star Online Conservative-run councils across Britain were exposed
in a BBC investigation reducing rubbish collections and selling off care
homes for the elderly - on ...
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