Monthly Archives: December 2013
Houses of Parliament to be venue for Cornish dementia play
Grandma Remember Me.
Truro and Falmouth MP Sarah Newton is to host a Cornish theatre company’s
production in the Houses of Parliament.
Mrs Newton and the Alzheimer’s Society will welcome the Az2B Theatre Company to Westminster on December 9 for a performance of Grandma Remember Me.
Esther Rantzen: basic needs of care home residents are not being met
Care homes are failing to meet fundamental needs of residents such as food and water, Esther Rantzen says
Care homes are failing to meet the basic needs of residents such as making sure they have food and water, Esther Rantzen has said, as she reveals her newly opened helpline has received hundreds of calls reporting abuse in its first week.
It comes after the Daily Telegraph disclosed more than 1,000 care home residents have died of thirst or while suffering dehydration over the past decade.
The television presenter described the figures as “horrifying” and suggested care home staff should be forced to participate in roll plays to understand what it means to be “confined to a bed” and “unheard and ignored”.
SilverLine – a helpline for older people modelled on ChildLine – has had 400 calls from older people reporting abuse since it launched a week ago.
Surge in numbers of elderly put in care homes after Christmas
Elderly people are far more likely to be put into a care home after Christmas, research finds
Elderly people are far more likely to be put into a care home after spending times with their families over Christmas, research has found.
Data held by an online directory of care homes shows a 40 per cent increase in the number of people searching for residential care for the elderly every January.
Experts said the findings suggest that the extra contact with older relatives over the festive season meant families were more likely to realise how infirm they were, or to become overwhelmed by the burden of caring for them.
