85 year old left alone and bed-ridden for 3 days as carers fail to turn up

July 13, 2011   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia

Red tape blunder is a feeble excuse, how many other times have vulnerable people been forgotten.

 

Abandoned: Tameside woman, 85, left alone and bed-ridden for three days as carers fail to turn up in red tape blunder

Exclusive by Jessica Beckett

July 13, 2011

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Another care home abuse inquiry: Staff suspended

July 12, 2011   Carers, disability, learning difficulties

When will this abuse in care homes ever end

12 July 2011 Last updated at 20:12

Rose Villa care home abuse inquiry: Staff suspended
Rose Villa The BBC has learnt that four members of staff have been suspended at Rose Villa

Allegations of abuse are being investigated at a home for people with learning disabilities in Bristol.

The BBC has learnt that four members of staff have been suspended at Rose Villa, a nine-bed rehabilitation centre in the Brislington area.

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Disability cuts will have 'devastating consequences', says Scope charity chief

July 12, 2011   Carers, disability

“The government has not been listening,”

 

The chief executive of disability charity Scope tells Amelia Gentleman that the government’s not listening

 

Richard Hawkes, chief executive of disability charity Scope, says the government has not been listening to their concerns over cuts.

Richard Hawkes is no longer able to conceal his anger with the government as it goes ahead with a package of public service reforms and cuts that he feels will have “devastating consequences” on the lives of disabled people.

When he became chief executive of Scope 18 months ago, he was determined to ensure that one of the country’s largest disability charities did not merely criticise policies; instead, he wanted to engage constructively with the government in order to promote positive solutions.

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