Tag Archives: Older care
Elderly people grieving the death of a loved one are often misdiagnosed as depressed
When they’re actually just lonely
- Doctors often mistake bereavement with depression, researchers warn
- Rather than prescribing drugs, more should be done to tackle loneliness
Suffering from bereavement, many older people seek help from a GP to cope with the crushing feelings of loneliness.
The care home abuse epidemic
The care home abuse epidemic: Families make 15,000 complaints in just one year (and that’s just a fraction of the true scale)
- Some 14,888 claims about welfare of residents aged 65 and over in 2013-14
- And almost a third of these ‘safeguarding referrals’ were upheld
- Only half of the 152 councils responded to freedom of information requests
- Families claimed their complaints were often ignored or not taken seriously
Library hosts course to teach new tablet technology
Wendy Maxwell (front right) from Chill4Us carers, past and present, take a free course for carers at Hellesdon Library on how to use computer tablets. Picture by SIMON FINLAY.
