Tag Archives: Older care
Norwich study into how dehydration harms the elderly
Often elderly people do not feel thirsty in the same way that someone younger does
By Lucy Clapham
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
3.55 PM
Researchers in Norwich are hoping to reduce hospital admissions among the elderly after launching a study into dehydration.
A team from the University of East Anglia (UEA) will be working with residents in care homes across Norfolk and into Suffolk to help identify the early stages of dehydration and prevent the serious problems it can lead to.
Older people suffering from dehydration can become confused and fall, which can make a sudden trip to hospital more likely.
Ministers want to turn the NHS in England into “the largest social enterprise sector in the world”
Could co-operatives be the future of care?
By Victoria King Political reporter, BBC News
Ministers want to turn the NHS in England into “the largest social enterprise sector in the world”. They envisage a network of small co-operatives and mutuals run by doctors and nurses not managers. But would that be a good thing? And is it even practical?
“‘Public sector’ and ‘public service’ are not interchangeable phrases,” says Geoff Walker, chief executive of Sandwell Community Caring Trust.
“I used to have to deliver the ‘public sector’ with all the management, admin and local politics that come with that. Now all I do is deliver a service – all I have to do now is keep 700 people happy.”
Mobility scooters would be fitted with GPS systems under the plans
Pensioners on mobility scooters ‘tracked by GPS’ under proposal to save care costs in Manchester
Excluisve by Amy Glendinning
August 24, 2011
Pensioners on mobility scooters could be tracked by satellite as part of radical plans to use technology to slash spending on social care.
The scooters would be fitted with GPS systems – with relatives able to log on to the internet to pinpoint their loved one if they became lost, confused or upset.
