Category Archives: disability
Judge ‘troubled’ by care ruling
Judge ‘troubled’ by care ruling
PA
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
Supreme Court justice Lady Hale – a member of the five-strong judges’ panel which made the ruling – told of her fears that older people “might be left lying in faeces” because local authorities would be entitled to withdraw help.
Campaigning charity Age UK described the ruling as “shameful” and suggested that it could lead to the infirm being forced to “sleep in their own urine”.
Ballerina loses right to overnight carer to help her use bathroom
What happened to dignity?
Ballerina loses right to overnight carer to help her use bathroom
A former prima ballerina left disabled by a stroke lost her Supreme Court battle today for an overnight carer to give her ”dignity and independence”.
10:20AM BST 06 Jul 2011
Justices at the highest court in the land dismissed an appeal by 67-year-old Elaine McDonald in a majority ruling.
Last October Ms McDonald, who was once a star of Scottish Ballet and received the OBE in 1983, lost her case at the Court of Appeal in London and suffered a further defeat today.
Social care revamp: Pressure on to find money
5 July 2011 Last updated at 04:21
By Nick Triggle Health correspondent, BBC News
Social care in England needs to be revamped, an independent review saysThe government is under pressure to consider tax rises and further spending cuts to find the money to pay for the overhaul of social care.
An independent review has recommended individual costs be capped at £35,000 – a move which would cost £1.7bn a year.
Ministers have said they will consider the proposals, but the Treasury is known to have reservations.
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