Category Archives: Older care

The Silver Road Day centre must be saved for local carers and residents

February 9, 2013   Carers, disability, health, Norfolk, Older care

Former Norwich day centre removed from auction as battle to keep it for the community continues

Richard Wheeler Wednesday, February 6, 2013

A former city day centre has been removed from an auction after campaigners secured extra time to keep it for the community.

The Silver Rooms, in Silver Road, had been given a guide price of £75,000-plus and was due to be available at an auction on Thursday, February 14.

But the Norfolk County Council-owned building has been added to Norwich City Council’s asset of community value list.

This means community groups have until March 15 to express an interest in the site. If a bid is judged to be valid then a further six months will be made available for groups to raise cash – before it then goes to auction.

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Carers need to have more respite

February 8, 2013   Carers, dementia, Older care, Scotland

Carers told to take a break by Renfrewshire Council

Published 8 Feb 2013 15:30 Print

CARER’S in Renfrewshire are being told to take a break after the local authority set aside £200,000 to pay for a new home-based respite care service.

 

Respite care gives carers a break from the daily routine of looking after loved ones who have long-term health problems or disabilities. It allows them the chance to have a night out, a weekend off or a short holiday.

As the name suggests, the new home-based service allows the person who is being cared for to stay in their own home while their carer takes a well earned rest. The person who is being cared for needs to be over 65 to access the new service but the carer can be any age.

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Norman Lamb MP responds to the Francis Report

February 7, 2013   Carers, health, Older care

Norman Lamb MP writes…The government will act in response to the Francis Report

By | Thu 7th February 2013 – 10:34 am

Over the course of four years at Mid Staffordshire hospital, hundreds of patients suffered from appalling neglect and mistreatment. Relatives that voiced concerns were ignored; staff that tried to speak up were silenced. It was a shocking betrayal of trust of patients and their families.

Yesterday Robert Francis QC published his report into the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. The public inquiry lasted more than two years, heard over 250 witness statements, considered over one million pages of documentary evidence, and has produced a report nearly two thousand pages long. It makes 290 separate recommendations.

The story of Mid Staffs, the report says, is one of “terrible and unnecessary suffering of hundreds of people who were failed by a system which ignored the warning signs of poor care and put corporate self interest and cost control ahead of patients and their safety.” The overriding message is the need for a culture change across the NHS to make sure that patients always come first.

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