Category Archives: Older care

Wokingham becomes first council to privatise social care

June 9, 2011   Carers, Older care

Will others follow this?  It is ok when things work well but when things go wrong the councils will be left to pick up the pieces.

Wokingham becomes first council to privatise social care

 
June 09, 2011

Wokingham borough has become the first unitary authority in the country to set up a company to manage its provision of social care.

Optalis, a new adult social care company set up and managed by Wokingham Borough Council, began commercial operations on Monday.

The team behind the company has taken control of all council-run or commissioned adult care services.

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Council offers reassurance over crisis in care homes

June 6, 2011   Alzheimer’s, Carers, Norfolk, Older care

Council offers reassurance over crisis in care homes

Shaun Lowthorpe Monday, June 6, 2011
8.49 AM

Fears for the elderly in care homes Fears for the elderly in care homes

They are the places we want to feel safe and secure in our twilight years.

But news that leading care home company Southern Cross is facing a dire financial crisis has sounded the alarm that the whole system is teetering on the edge.

And that is something which should alarm every generation whether it is mum, dad, grandad, grandma or child.

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Ministers to strengthen safeguards for adults in care

June 5, 2011   Carers, cerebral palsy, learning difficulties, mental health, Older care

I hope they do follow this through and make some big changes quickly not slowly.

Ministers to strengthen safeguards for adults in care

Patient with bag over head is addressed by two workers
Panorama captured footage of vulnerable patients being repeatedly pinned down, slapped and dragged

Vulnerable adults in care in England are to be given more protection from abuse, the government has said.

The pledge comes after a BBC Panorama investigation showed staff at a privately run hospital mistreating adults with learning disabilities.

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