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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.
June 6th marks 1year since Tommy launched dementia campaign
Dementia awareness thinking about walking Glasgow to London next year to collect more life stories
http://youtu.be/DiClVNuaj9Q
Last year I launched my campaign with a walk round Scottish cities to raise awareness and collect life stories. I have been overwhelmed by the amazing response to this campaign ,I am thinking about walking from Glasgow to London next June to raise awareness and collect more life stories or even a relay of carers walking through towns and cities much like the Olympic torch handing over letters and life stories to the next town /city.
Health Lottery funding for Admiral Nurses
Dementia UK is delighted to have received Health Lottery funding, raised by local Health Lottery partners and players, to establish eleven new Admiral Nurse posts across England.
This crucial funding will allow us to establish Admiral Nurse posts in new localities as well as enabling us to expand our reach in areas where there are already Admiral Nurse services.
Working with local partners, these newly funded Admiral Nurses will help support more families affected by dementia and share best practice with local health and social care professionals to improve dementia care.
We are now in the process of setting up these new Admiral Nurse services with local partners in the following areas:
- Kent and Medway: in partnership with Avante Partnership
- North Yorkshire/ York
- Taunton: in partnership with the Royal British Legion
