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Home care is disgraceful, says consumer group Which?
Older people are suffering “disgraceful” home care
Older people are suffering “disgraceful” home care including
missed medication and confinement to soiled beds, an undercover
investigation revealed.
Undercover researchers for the Which? consumer group reported missed visits, food out out of reach and vulnerable people left without a way of getting to the bathroom.
Shake-up for meals on wheels in Norwich
Volunteers could be drafted in to stop vulnerable elderly residents feeling lonely and isolated when a council-run service ends within weeks.
by Dan Grimmer and Richard Wheeler Tuesday, March 13, 2012
11.14 AM
Norfolk County Council is to stop directly providing meals-on-wheels in Norwich next month.
It is feared this could lead to older people receiving fewer visitors and losing vital contact with others, plus paying more for their food.
Talks between Age UK Norwich and the council are continuing to see if a replacement service, which could involve more volunteers delivering meals, can be developed.
MP tells of Alzheimer’s grief
Protest … members of Alzheimer’s Society with MP David Miliband.
MP David Miliband yesterday revealed his first-hand experience of the impact of Alzheimer’s, when he was lobbied to save a vital support worker’s job.
He told carers who are urging him to act that his grandmother had suffered from the devastating illness.
June Coser, 80, chairman of the South Tyneside Alzheimer’s Carers Funding Committee, said she was moved by his words – and believed he would do all he could to help.
She said: “Mr Miliband explained to us that it was a subject close to his heart. He described how his mother had to look after his grandmother, and the distress it had caused.
