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There is a lack of trust today for the care of the elderly
Three in four of us don’t trust care homes to look after our relatives properly
By Fiona Macrae
Last updated at 8:29 AM on 8th August 2011
Three in four Britons plan to look after their elderly relatives themselves because they don’t trust homes to care for them properly.
Eight in ten would rather their quality of life be affected than that of their parents or grandparents, according to a poll of 2,000 men and women whose parents are beginning to struggle to live in their own houses.
Two-thirds of the women surveyed said they would feel they were letting a loved one down by putting them in a home.
If you want to look young then get a smile
Old On Purpose: A Positive Aging Revolution
By Kavan Peterson on July 22, 2011
Last week Dr. Bill Thomas was interviewed by a documentary crew working on a very special film.
Old On Purpose Trailer from David Carey on Vimeo.
We are living longer and a wave of Baby Boomers is approaching the shores of the “aged” demographic. We look on this part of life with tremendous personal fear and denial. Aging baby boomers fear being devalued and marginalized. Society tells us that this phase of life is a time of loss: loss of purpose, integrity and meaning leaving us to become a crippling burden on society and loved ones. But what if….?
Cornwall has been chosen as a HealthWatch Pathfinder
Cornwall is chosen as one of new HealthWatch pathfinders
Source: eGov monitor – A Policy Dialogue Platform Published Friday, 5 August, 2011 – 14:21
Under the Government’s health reforms local authorities will take on the responsibility for commissioning a local HealthWatch from October 2012. Local HealthWatch will replace LINKs (Local Involvement Networks) but will have greater powers to strengthen the patient and public voice in health and social care services. At a national level, HealthWatch England will be established as the independent patient champion within the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Earlier this year all local authorities were invited to apply to become pathfinders to test how a local HealthWatch might work in practice and support Government thinking on how they might operate. Cornwall was one of 157 councils from across the country to submit a bid. Of these 75 have now been chosen as Pathfinders, with Cornwall one of eight authorities selected from the South West.
