Category Archives: Older care
SENSITIVE information about elderly people was repeatedly left in sight on a Huddersfield street.
Kirklees Council reprimanded after private sector carers repeatedly left sensitive information in sight on Huddersfield street
- by Barry Gibson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner
- Aug 2 2011
Now Kirklees Council has been reprimanded after a string of incidents on Lamb Hall Road in Longwood.
The information left in carers’ cars included names, addresses and door codes of vulnerable pensioners. Care notes were also visible to passers-by.
‘Cuts have made problem worse’
Bed-blocking problem increased because of council cuts
9:30am Monday 1st August 2011
THE decision to axe in-house county council care staff has added to the bed-blocking crisis, according to a council source.
A social care employee told the Oxford Mail that hospitalised pensioners who relied on council carers could not return home as they were waiting for private care to be arranged.
The council’s own internal home support service is being wound down after the council decided to axe it in April.
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Local man launches website to help the elderly and disabled of Essex
| Published: 31st July 2011 17:18 |
Local man launches website to help the elderly and disabled of Essex
John and Don Ford
A new company has launched to help the elderly and disabled of Essex to remain living independently in their own homes. Chelmsford man John Ford was inspired to start my home care Services following the difficulty he experienced in setting up a home care package for his 90 year old Father.
“After my Mum died, I wanted to make sure Dad would cope in his Loughton home with friends and family nearby. Dad certainly didn’t want to move from the house that he’d lived in for 50 years”.
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