Category Archives: Older care
Good Paid carers are hopelessly over-stretched because of council cutbacks
Dogs in kennels are treated better than many of Britain’s elderly
Last updated at 11:22 AM on 25th November 2011
This week the viewing public cried over the sentimental John Lewis Christmas shopping advert with a cute young boy.
Then that bruiser Ed Balls confessed the Antiques Roadshow makes him blub. On Sunday nights millions sob because their favourite star has been voted off The X Factor or Strictly Come Dancing.
But when it comes to real pain, no one seems to care. The truth is that in Britain in 2011, few shed any tears over the cruel way the elderly are treated in this country. A new and shocking report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission shows that thousands of old people are being appallingly abused in their own homes by the very individuals employed to care for them.
Carers who can’t ask for help
The 2001 census revealed there were 22,000 carers in the borough, yet only 1,500 carers in Wokingham have been formally assessed
By Julie Spencer
November 25, 2011
For one carer, it is easy to understand why people in a similar situation may be reluctant to ask for help and advice.
She has been looking after her 90-year-old mother for eight years with the support of her husband and thinks it might take those new to the role some time to “work out a plan to live by”.
The carer, who asked not to be named, said: “I think we have forged a blueprint for our life which isn’t perfect but it is the only way we are comfortable.”
Basic home care help ‘breaching human rights’
23 November 2011 Last updated at 08:17
One of the common complaints was a lack of help the elderly were given eating and drinking
By Nick Triggle Health correspondent, BBC News
Basic care for the elderly in their own homes in England is so bad it breaches human rights at times, an inquiry says.
The home care review by the Equality and Human Rights Commission highlighted cases of physical abuse, theft, neglect and disregard for privacy and dignity.
It said on many occasions support for tasks such as washing and dressing was “dehumanising” and left people “stripped of self-worth”.
The findings have added weight to calls for a complete overhaul of the system.
Campaigners described the situation as “shameful”, while councils, which are in charge of providing such services, said without urgent reform services would just get worse.
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