Author Archives: Maureen
Paid Carers putting patients to bed early to save money
ELDERLY and disabled people are being put to bed early in a bid to save cash, the Daily Echo can reveal.
11:40am Thursday 21st June 2012 in News By Rachel Masker
And one Winchester pensioner has now complained his human rights are being neglected as he has been left in bed for 15 hours per day.
Some have received visits from home helps and been fed, washed and put to bed as early as 5pm.
Many others are in bed by 8pm because of a shortage of carers.
Yesterday the Daily Echo highlighted how Hampshire County Council and Southampton City Council commission just 15 minutes of care for some frail pensioners still living at home.
Norfolk carers call for more financial and practical help
Two in five unpaid carers put off medical treatment because of the demands of their role, according to a new survey of 3,400 carers.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
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Carers’ Week in Norfolk
Staff from a range of agencies will be on-hand with lots of information at Carers’ Week “roadshows” visiting the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Trust ,The James Paget Hospital, Cromer Hospital and towns throughout Norfolk including Dereham and Acle. In West Norfolk, a Carer’s Week event is taking place in King’s Lynn and Downham Market.
Elderly care: Millions of pounds refunded in mistaken charges
The Welsh government has ordered a review of free care assessments.
Multi-million pound mistakes in charging sick, elderly people for nursing care they should have had free have been revealed by BBC Wales.
Health boards have already refunded £3.6m to patients who were originally told they were not entitled to NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding.
Millions of pounds in further refunds are anticipated as a backlog of almost 2,000 cases are determined.
