Tag Archives: Learning difficulties

The elderly and vulnerable must be protected at all costs

June 2, 2011   Alzheimer’s, Carers, learning difficulties, Older care

The elderly and vulnerable must be protected at all costs

 Thursday, 2 June 2011

 Care homes are not ordinary businesses that can safely be allowed to go bust

 The signs point to a care crisis. BBC’s Panorama this week exposed the horrendous abuse of people with learning difficulties at Winterbourne View, a private care home in Bristol. Meanwhile, Southern Cross, which runs 750 elderly care homes, has lurched deeper into financial turmoil. Southern Cross has told its landlords that, unless it is permitted to reduce its rent payments, insolvency looms.

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Care offers 'life worth having'

May 12, 2011   Carers, learning difficulties

12 May 2011 Last updated at 00:44

Care offers ‘life worth having’

 Eddie Griffiths takes his son to the Eastham Centre in Wirral
Care for the most vulnerable people in the community is being reviewed up and down the country, as local councils deal with cuts to their budgets from central government.
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Helping people suffering with mental health problems, and providing work

April 22, 2011   disability, learning difficulties, mental health

Opening my farm shop feels like a dream come true 😛

A PASSION for local food has given an East Yorkshire man the entrepreneurial appetite to open a farm shop.

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