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Elderly care is already in crisis
Why we must all open our eyes to the longevity timebomb
Last updated at 6:19 PM on 24th January 2012
I was catapulted into the parallel universe of geriatric care a few years ago, when my father was struck by a little understood and highly unpredictable form of dementia.
I won’t pretend that I wasn’t shocked: at the score of under-resourced and poorly maintained care homes we inspected, at the patronising and casual disrespect with which Dad was treated in hospital; at the irritability, exhaustion and patent disinterest of the social workers with whom I tried to raise extremely serious issues of neglect and abuse.
£150m home care boost for elderly patients
£150m home care boost for elderly patients
Ministers have allocated an extra £150m for patients to get care at home after warnings that local authority cuts were creating a “crisis” in social care.
Young carer will carry the Olympic torch
Olympic torch to be carried by Shrewsbury carer
A 17-year-old carer from Shropshire is one of the first people to be chosen to take part in the Olympic torch relay.
Sarah Thomas, from Shrewsbury, looks after both her parents – primarily her mother who has multiple sclerosis.