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Elderly care: expert to review quality and regulation
Ministers will today set up an independent review of elderly care in England, as the health watchdog publishes a damning report into the private provider exposed by Panorama.
10:00PM BST 27 Jul 2011
An expert in the sector will look into how “quality and regulation” can be improved amid growing concern that pensioners and disabled people are receiving substandard treatment from the NHS and local councils.
The Department of Health believes the failures at the private hospital run by Castlebeck, where undercover filming exposed the abuse of adults with learning disabilities, are “totally unacceptable”.
Whitehall sources say they will not tolerate poor standards at a company paid millions of pounds by taxpayers to protect some of society’s most vulnerable members.
Residents celebrate a quarter of a century at Inchmarlo
Wednesday 27 July 2011
Residents celebrate a quarter of a century at Inchmarlo
Inchmarlo Care Home and Retirement Community celebrated its 25th anniversary this summer and is planning to enhance and expand its services in the years ahead.
The community opened in 1986 and pioneered a new way of retirement living in the UK. More than 300 families have spent time at the purpose-built continuing care community on the 100 acre estate on Royal Deeside over the last 25 years.
A 90-year-old carer is concerned about what will happen to his disabled son
Carer, 90, supports disabled son in Ashby-de-la-Zouch
A 90-year-old carer from Leicestershire is concerned about what will happen to his disabled son when he is no longer able to support him.
Alf Winter lives in sheltered housing in Ashby-de-la-Zouch with 55-year-old Keith, who has cerebral palsy.
The pensioner is one of an estimated 77,000 carers over the age of 65 who live in the East Midlands.
