Category Archives: Carers

Raising awareness for people with dementia and their carers

February 24, 2012   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia

A film about Tommy Whitelaw’s campaign to raise awareness for people with dementia and their carers.

 

http://tv.enterprisescreen.co.uk/watch?v=347

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‘Silver surfers’ should be listened to

February 24, 2012   Carers, internet
24 February 2012 Last updated at 08:29

‘Silver surfers’ should be listened to

 Older people are increasingly ‘web-savvy’

As patients’ interaction with the health service increasingly moves online, it is easy to assume that the voices of the elderly will be lost along the way.

But in this week’s Scrubbing Up, Dr Paul Hodgkin of the feedback site Patient Opinion, says social media channels are not just for the young.

The stories that elderly people tell us have huge power. They are sad, funny, intimate, tragic, overwhelming and inspirational.

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Ban on age discrimination shelved- shocking blow for the elderly

February 24, 2012   Carers, Older care

Millions of pensioners have been left at risk of inferior hospital treatment, more expensive insurance and a narrower choice of holidays after ministers shelved a ban on age discrimination.

 

2:10PM GMT 24 Feb 2012

Measures to outlaw ageism in the provision of goods and services were due to become law from April this year, but the Home Office has delayed the implementation of any ban until at least October.

Campaigners said they feared the set-back signalled that the Coalition was not committed to tackling age discrimination and that the proposed law could be abandoned altogether.

A series of damning reports from official watchdogs in the last year have uncovered examples of elderly people suffering abuse and neglect at the hands of their nurses and carers.

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