Tag Archives: Older care
Millions of malnourished ‘go unnoticed’
Action is needed on this important issue.
9 September 2011 Last updated at 08:57
By Katheine Murphy Chief executive, Patients Association
The problems of obesity and overeating in our society receive a lot of attention.
But in this week’s Scrubbing Up, Katherine Murphy of the Patients Association calls for more action to help the millions in the UK whose malnutrition is “unnoticed, unheard and unsupported”.
It is unbelievable that in the UK today there are more than 3m people either malnourished or at risk of malnutrition.
What is alarming is that 93% of these patients are not in hospital but are living in the community.
It is our most vulnerable members of society who are most at risk.
Students teach life-changing IT skills to the elderly
Watford Grammar School teens go the extra mile with community IT classes
It mightn’t be every teenager’s idea of holiday fun, but three community spirited students from Watford Grammar School have spent much of their summer break teaching life-changing IT skills to the elderly.
Fifteen-year-olds Seb Walker, Anojan Ratnarajah and Conor Foster held a series of term-time IT workshops at the Holywell Community Centre earlier in the year as part of their Duke of Edinburgh award scheme.
Changes to care services in Wiltshire leave folks “absolutely gutted.”
New Wiltshire home care service rolled out
From Monday, wardens are being replaced by a 24 hour call-out system, in a joint project between Wiltshire Council and the NHS.
Four care providers have been chosen to run the system, which will affect 3,000 vulnerable people.
The Conservative-run council said it was providing a better service.
