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Good to read about this Caring care home
Care home’s got the golden touch
Stichell House resident Gladys Ferry with (left to right) Carole Sullivan, Margaret Clark, Julie Bradford and Sue Burke
A care home is celebrating after achieving a gold standard for the quality of its end-of-life care.
Stichell House, part of the Hospital of God in Greatham, has received prestigious commend status from the national Gold Standards Framework (GSF) in Care Homes Quality Hallmark Awards.
The status is awarded to care homes where staff have undergone extra training to improve the quality of end-of-life care they provide.
Plans under way to tackle ageism in the NHS
Plans under way to tackle ageism in the NHS
As evidence accumulates that elderly people suffer worse treatment than the young on the NHS, the Government and health watchdogs have devised a series of plans to tackle the problem.
By Martin Beckford, Health Correspondent
7:00AM BST 22 Jun 2011
They range from making age discrimination illegal to carrying out spot checks on hospital geriatric wards.
However it has been claimed that the problem is down to the culture in the health service and the attitude of staff, and that new laws and more rigorous checks may only increase bureaucracy rather than improving care.
Elderly advised to get used to neglect
Elderly advised to get used to neglect
Charity Age UK spoke out after the Equality and Human Rights Commission revealed that basic human rights are being overlooked even before the axe falls.
The commission is conducting a major inquiry into home care in England.
It is set to publish its findings in November.
However it has already identified a number of major problems such as high staff turnover.
One woman said she had 32 different carers over a two-week period.
