Category Archives: Carers
Soaring toll of elderly starving in their homes
The number of people hospitalised because they are malnourished has soared by 50 per cent in five years
PUBLISHED: 00:49, 28 May 2012 | UPDATED: 00:49, 28 May 2012
Ten patients a week end up in hospital, half of them aged over 60.
Critics say the latest figures show care services are failing to ensure pensioners get the help they need. More councils are increasing fees for meals on wheels or denying people access to the service altogether.
Free courses for unpaid carers
Published on Sunday 27 May 2012 09:09
CARERS can learn how to design cards on a computer at free courses which are being held in June.
A two-week course will take place on Thursday, June 14, and Thursday, June 21, at the old TA building, Elizabeth Street, Corby.
No help for the aged: Home carers axed for our old and most vulnerable
Elderly people are suffering as £1billion is slashed from councils
For our most vulnerable pensioners, home care visits are the lifeline that allows them to live with dignity.
But the Sunday Mirror can today reveal they have become the latest service to fall victim to the Government’s funding axe.
A fresh wave of cuts has led to the price of having a carer visit a sick or elderly person soaring by 10 per cent.
Carers help the sick, frail and elderly get up in the morning, get washed, dressed and fed. They also lend a hand with household chores and shopping.
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