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Is system designed to fit care to users’ lives working in West Norfolk?
Margaret Howard, 60, who is a big supporter of the new “personal budget” social care funding system
Traditionally, people living in the community who were eligible for assistance from social services in their daily lives were assessed and then placed into the services on offer.
An elderly woman living alone might be told she could have a carer to come in and help her get washed in the morning as well as someone to deliver a hot meal to her in the evening.
Sisters are confirmed as the world’s oldest siblings 105 aand 108
Happy, happy birthday
Marjorie Ruddle, 105, left, and Dorrie Richards, 108, have been entered into the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest siblings
TWO sisters have earned their place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest siblings.
Dorrie Richards, who is 108 years and five months old and her sister Marjorie Ruddle, who turned 105 last month, received their certificates during an emotional reunion yesterday.
They had not seen each other for more than two-and-a-half years because it is difficult to transport them between the care homes where they live.
Dorrie is a resident at Whitefriars in Ryhall Road, Stamford. Yesterday two carers from Whitefriars volunteered their time to accompany Dorrie to Park House nursing home in Peterborough to visit her sister and collect her certificate.
Elderly ‘left hungry as care home tried to cut down on shopping bill
Frail elderly people were routinely left without food after their care home ran out of supplies because of an apparent attempt to “cut down the shopping bill”, an inspection has found.
By John Bingham, Social Affairs Editor
7:00AM BST 07 Jun 2012
Staff at Lyndhurst Lodge in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leics, told inspectors they had resorted to buying snacks for residents out of their own pockets because of shortages, the health watchdog the Care Quality Commission said.
The home was issued with a formal warning after a highly critical inspection report also found that it was so short-staffed that at times there were not even enough on hand to help frail people to the lavatory.
