Monthly Archives: July 2011
Expect more tragedies like Southern Cross
Being forced to move care homes that are set to close could shorten the lives of the vulnerable and infirm.
7:00AM BST 18 Jul 2011
It does not require a medical degree to appreciate that elderly, infirm and disabled people are vulnerable to abuse and neglect. Recent revelations by BBC One’s Panorama about the obscene, sadistic behaviour of some “carers” towards residents in a home for those with learning disabilities has highlighted, to devastating effect, the suffering that results. A report by the Health Ombudsman, published earlier this year, reported cases of serious neglect on hospital wards, particularly involving older, incapacitated patients.
Charity cash stolen from 6 year old disabled boy who has Rett Syndrome
Raiders ransack disabled boy’s room to steal charity cash
RAIDERS broke into a severely disabled boy’s bedroom and ransacked the house before stealing £300 of charity cash.
The thieves broke into the house of six-year-old Chris Dupree, in the early hours of Saturday, stealing money which was ready to be used as the float for the James Hopkins Trust family fun day yesterday.
Chris, who has Rett syndrome and is unable to walk or talk, had his Abbeydale bedroom turned upside down as the thieves looked for their loot.
Norfolk’s new dementia unit to be opened 26th July 2011
Norfolk’s new dementia unit ready for topping–out
Edited by Andy Porter editor@wellbeingnorfolk.co.uk
The principle building work on Norfolk’s new Dementia Intensive Care Unit [DICU] is nearing completion and ready for the topping–out ceremony on 26 July 2011.
The event will be held on the Julian Hospital site in Norwich, home to the £13.7 million development. The 36–bedded DICU is part of Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, representatives of which will attend the topping–out together with building contractors R G Carter and architects Ingleton Wood.
The unit is part of the mental health Trust’s aims to provide the best dementia care in the country by creating a Clinical Academy for Dementia.
