Category Archives: Carers
Home security for the elderly and Carers
Guest Blog Jason Tucker
Home security Tips
Elderly people can often feel vulnerable to crime and are sometimes unable to ensure they are adequately protected from criminal activity without help and support. By following the advice available and taking advantage of organisations offering practical help, elderly people can ensure their home is as secure as possible and that they feel safe in their own homes.
It goes without saying that all doors and outside windows should remain locked if you’re going out, even if only for a few minutes. Various local and national organisations offer specialised help in fitting locks and chains which helps increase security and stops people gaining access to the building. In addition to crime prevention checks, some fire services offer smoke alarm checks so you can ensure your smoke alarm is fitted correctly and in working order. Again, many organisations will help fit smoke and carbon monoxide alarms if you require them.
The mentally ill are still neglected and stigmatised
The mentally ill are still neglected and stigmatised – just as I found they were 10 years ago
The Schizophrenia Commission’s report, published today, is an indictment of the way we treat some of our most vulnerable citizens. Jeremy Laurance laments a lost decade in mental healthcare
Wednesday 14 November 2012
Ten years ago I spent six months touring the country observing the care provided to people with mental illness for a book I was writing. Pure Madness, published in 2003, described a system “driven by fear”, in which risk reduction and protection of the public was the priority, rather than the care of patients. The public and political focus on the tiny numbers who posed a risk had distracted attention from the “huge majority of frightened, disturbed people whose suffering remains largely hidden”, I wrote.
NHS telehealth will not get national implementation
13 November 2012
Three million people will benefit from telehealth systems.
Remote telehealth monitoring systems are not being rolled out on a national basis and decisions where the technology is used will depend on “robust” business cases, health minister Norman Lamb has said.
The government has promised that three million people will benefit from telehealth systems. Telehealth and telecare services rely on devices which allow doctors to monitor patients from their homes.
The tools are intended to reduce the need for hospital visits and to help the NHS reduce costs in dealing with long term conditions – the largest resource drain on the health service.
Telehealth could reduce emergency admissions and extend life expectancy for patients, Lamb said in answer to a parliamentary question.
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