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Elderly being diagnosed with ‘acopia’ a disease that does not exist
Elderly patients diagnosed with ‘acopia’ – a disease that does not exist
Elderly patients often do not receive proper treatment because they are subconsciously ‘written off’ and diagnosed with ‘acopia’, a condition that does not exist, a former Government adviser on the elderly has said.
10:37AM GMT 04 Mar 2013
Professor David Oliver said that subconscious ageism within the NHS often meant the elderly are not correctly diagnosed and instead sent to care homes for treatable illnesses.
One study found serious conditions such as strokes, heart disease and Parkinson’s were being missed. Patients were instead diagnosed with ‘acopia’, which only means ‘failure to cope’.
Patients from the wartime generation typically do not want to “make a fuss”, he said, and so do not demand better care.
Health officials have apologised for failing mentally ill patients
1 March 2013 Last updated at 21:27
Dorset health trust apologises for failing mentally-ill patients
Health officials have apologised for failing mentally ill patients at an acute ward in Dorset following a damning report.
Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors found patients on a ward at the Forston Clinic in Charminster did not receive appropriate and safe care.
Patients were not protected against the risk of abuse or unlawful, excessive use of control and restraint.
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust has made changes.
Health officials shut the Minterne Ward in December, following the four-day inspection, which found the ward was failing to meet 10 vital quality and safety standards.
Scheme helps patients home from Hospital
Home from Hospital scheme helps ease patients back into everyday life
10:00am Sunday 3rd March 2013 in News
Kempton Cannon and Home from Hospital co-ordinator Sally Hinds at his Addingham bungalowFor pensioner Kempton Cannon, returning to his empty house after a spell in hospital was set to be a daunting prospect.
The 90-year-old former painter and decorator, of Addingham, was anxious about how he would cope back home living alone.
But now, as a ground-breaking project expands across the whole of Bradford and Airedale for the first time, a package of help and support is available to Mr Cannon and hundreds of patients like him.
Set up a year ago, Home from Hospital is an initiative designed to ease adults of all ages safely back into everyday life after discharge from hospital.
