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Elderly pay higher care home bills so others can go free - The Sunday Telegraph 31st October 2009
"Elderly people are being charged thousands of pounds extra for their residential care in order to subsidise others getting free places, care home owners have admitted. "
Elderly pay higher care home bills so others can go free - Daily Telegraph 31st October 2009
"Elderly people are being charged thousands of pounds extra for their residential care in order to subsidise others getting free places, care home owners have admitted."
Children in care numbers soar - The Independent 21st October 2009
"Record numbers of children are being taken into care because social workers have become frightened of taking risks in the wake of the Baby Peter scandal.
Figures released yesterday show that applications for children to be taken into care have doubled in the past year. Cafcass, the children's court agency, said the rise was partly caused by some social workers referring "lower level concerns" in case they make a mistake by "under-reacting"."
Care for elderly and cutting costs are priority, says Andy Burnham - The Times 17th October 2009
"The NHS must be “re-engineered” to cope with the demands of an ageing population, the Health Secretary has told The Times. Politicians would have to grow up over the issue of cutting hospital-based services and moving more care into the community.
Andy Burnham said that care for the elderly, and tackling the unfair costs that force many families to sell their homes and use up their savings, should be the priority issue on which people vote at the general election next year. Taking care out of hospitals and closer to people’s homes would be central to this vision. "
Son's fury as 106-year-old loses High Court bid to stay in home amid fears it will kill her - Daily Mail 7th October 2009
"The family of a 106-year-old woman facing eviction from her care home after losing a court battle over its closure warned yesterday that the move could kill her.
Louisa Watts, who is believed to be Britain's fifth oldest woman, is one of nine elderly and frail residents who will be forced to move. "
Care home treatment of the elderly 'shocking' - The Independent 6th October 2009
"Campaigners today slammed the "shocking" treatment of elderly people living in care homes after research revealed seven out of 10 had been given the wrong drugs or doses.
Overworked staff, poor teamwork and a lack of training were leading to mistakes that could result in discomfort, pain and even death, according to the report. "
Seven in ten care home residents is 'victim of drug error' - Daily Telegraph 6th October 2009
"Seven out of ten care home residents are being given the wrong drugs treatment because of overworked staff, and poor teamwork, researchers have said. "
Salmonella care home woman dies - BBC Health News 6th October 2009
"An elderly resident of a care home in Wearside has died in hospital after contracting salmonella.
The woman, believed to be in her 70s, was one of eight staff and residents at the Millum House Care Home in Roker, Sunderland, who had become infected."
Study reveals alarming level of drug errors in care homes - The Guardian 6th October 2009
"Seven out of 10 people living in a care home have suffered from medication errors, such as being given the wrong drug or wrong dose, a study has found.
The scale of drug errors alarmed campaigning groups yesterday and will be embarrassing for the government, which pledged in 2000 to tackle the problem."
'Medicine errors' hit care homes - The Guardian 6th October 2009
"Campaigners have slammed the "shocking" treatment of elderly people living in care homes after research revealed seven out of 10 had been given the wrong drugs or doses.
Overworked staff, poor teamwork and a lack of training were leading to mistakes that could result in discomfort, pain and even death, according to the report."
More than two-thirds of care home residents given the wrong prescription - Daily Mail 6th October 2009
"Seven out of ten care home residents have suffered prescription blunders, an official study shows.
Researchers blamed GPs and pharmacists for too often providing a 'second class service' to the vulnerable. "
Fears over care-home drug errors - BBC Health News 5th October 2009
"Elderly people living in care homes are being put at risk because of sub-standard systems for handing out medicine, according to a report.
University of London researchers found seven in 10 residents were victims of drug errors, having carried out half-day snapshot inspections of 55 homes. "
Tories pledge help for care home costs - Daily Telegraph 3rd October 2009
"Elderly people will be spared the ordeal of selling their homes to pay for residential care in their final years, under new plans unveiled by the Conservatives. "
Elderly could be forced out of their homes under Tory policies, experts warn - Daily Telegraph 3rd October 2009
"The elderly could be forced into residential care as an unintended consequence of a new Conservative policy, experts have warned. "
Elderly won't have to sell their homes to fund care... if they make one-off payment of £8,000, say Tories - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"The Tories say they will prevent the elderly ever having to sell their homes to pay for long-term residential care.
Shadow Chancellor George Osborne revealed that pensioners will be invited to pay an £8,000 lump sum when they reach 65. "
Tories launch care home guarantee - BBC Health News 2nd October 2009
"A "home protection scheme" to prevent older people having to sell their properties to fund long-term care has been unveiled by the Conservatives.
In England, residential care costs must be met by the individual if they have assets of more than £23,000. "
A revolution in care - The Guardian 30th September 2009
"Setting up a National Care Service would be equivalent to the creation of the NHS – now to tell the public what social care is"
Gordon Brown pledges 'national care service' for elderly - Daily Telegraph 30th September 2009
"Older people with the most serious needs will get free care at home, Gordon Brown has said, pledging to create a “National Care Service” to look after the elderly. "
Potentially fatal prescription errors hit half of care home residents - Daily Mail 30th September 2009
"More than half of care home residents have been the victim of prescription blunders, an official study suggests.
Slip-ups ranging in severity from clerical errors to life-threatening mistakes affected more than 50 per cent of the pensioners surveyed for the Department of Health. "
'Free personal care' for elderly - BBC Health News 29th September 2009
"Free personal care will be introduced so the frailest can be cared for in their own homes, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged.
Under what is being dubbed the National Care Service, some 350,000 people with "the highest needs" would receive home care regardless of personal wealth. "
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