Tag Archives: Older care
Paid Carers putting patients to bed early to save money
ELDERLY and disabled people are being put to bed early in a bid to save cash, the Daily Echo can reveal.
11:40am Thursday 21st June 2012 in News By Rachel Masker
And one Winchester pensioner has now complained his human rights are being neglected as he has been left in bed for 15 hours per day.
Some have received visits from home helps and been fed, washed and put to bed as early as 5pm.
Many others are in bed by 8pm because of a shortage of carers.
Yesterday the Daily Echo highlighted how Hampshire County Council and Southampton City Council commission just 15 minutes of care for some frail pensioners still living at home.
Elderly care: Millions of pounds refunded in mistaken charges
The Welsh government has ordered a review of free care assessments.
Multi-million pound mistakes in charging sick, elderly people for nursing care they should have had free have been revealed by BBC Wales.
Health boards have already refunded £3.6m to patients who were originally told they were not entitled to NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding.
Millions of pounds in further refunds are anticipated as a backlog of almost 2,000 cases are determined.
Unison warns of care funding crisis
Day centre closures could lead to a crisis in elderly care, claims Unison
The Government has been warned of a “crisis” in care for the elderly because of widespread closures and cuts hitting day centres.
Unison said ministers should ensure that local councils are given the funding they need to keep day care centres running. Closing them was described as a “false economy” because they provide much-needed respite for carers, as well as monitoring and improving the physical and mental health of users.
