Category Archives: Older care
Families of the disabled say they have been hit by hikes in care bills
Disabled facing postcode lottery on fees for care
Families of the disabled say they have been hit by hikes in care bills over recent months from councils that have upped charges as budgets flatline.
Disabled people claim they are being unfairly punished by having to pay hundreds of pounds a month
for help with washing, cooking and other support, which was once free.
Half-empty Heversham House care home could be forced to close
A CARE home at the heart of a South Lakeland community is under threat of closure.
7:40am Thursday 18th August 2011
By Scott Kirk » Reporter
A change in social services policy has meant only five out of the 12 beds at Heversham House are full, and the care home will struggle to see out the rest of the year unless more residents move in.
The policy change, which sees more elderly people being looked after in their own home rather than a care home, has not only affected Heversham House.
A woman has been arrested after a care home resident died and two others were taken to hospital
Woman held after care resident dies
A woman has been arrested after a care home resident died and two others were taken to hospital.
The three patients were taken to hospital on August 3. One elderly woman died three days later. The other two people remain in a stable condition.
All were residents at the privately-run Partridge Care Centre in Partridge Road, Harlow, Essex.
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