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Elderly care should be better regulated, says nursing leader
Unskilled health care assistants are caring for the elderly in a system that has failed to adjust to ageing patients, according to the chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing.
8:20AM GMT 29 Feb 2012
Dr Peter Carter called for an overhaul of care services in which older people are looked after by health care assistants who have not had specialist training.
He said elderly patients were as dependent as children but their needs were not reflected in the ratio of nurses to patients.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Dr Carter said: “In children’s nursing, the ratio of registered nurses to children is one to four. In elderly nursing, it is one to 10.
Disability documentaries to be aired on BBC One and Radio 5 live
BBC announces new disability season
The BBC has announced a new season of disability documentaries to be aired on BBC One and Radio 5 live.
The documentaries will tackle the reality of disability in the 21st century, telling the stories of disabled people and their families as they tackle new stages and phases in their lives.
In Racing With the Hamiltons: Nic in the Driving Seat (6 March), BBC One follows Lewis Hamilton’s younger borther Nic (born with cerebral palsy) in his first season as a racing driver. Rosa Monckton she speaks to parents facing the challenge of enabling their learning disabled children to live independently in Letting Go (13 March).
On 20 March, EastEnders actress Rita Simons (Roxy Mitchell) takes to the screen to talk about the debate over making the best decision for her profoundly deaf six-year-old daughter in My Daughter, Deafness and Me.
Bradford Council error leaves Thornbury pensioner in debt
“What if I couldn’t pay my carers and they didn’t come?
9:20am Monday 27th February 2012 in Bradford
A bedridden pensioner has been sliding into debt and unable to pay her essential carers because a clerical error by Bradford Council left her bank account empty.
Care company Bluebird Agency, supporting Joanne Goodship, 78, of Thornbury, Bradford, has been footing the bill for her care because of the problems which have left her £4,000 in arrears.
