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Elderly ‘left hungry as care home tried to cut down on shopping bill
Frail elderly people were routinely left without food after their care home ran out of supplies because of an apparent attempt to “cut down the shopping bill”, an inspection has found.
By John Bingham, Social Affairs Editor
7:00AM BST 07 Jun 2012
Staff at Lyndhurst Lodge in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leics, told inspectors they had resorted to buying snacks for residents out of their own pockets because of shortages, the health watchdog the Care Quality Commission said.
The home was issued with a formal warning after a highly critical inspection report also found that it was so short-staffed that at times there were not even enough on hand to help frail people to the lavatory.
Report from the Hardest Hit North-East Conference
Cuts are costing us our independence, disabled people in Newcastle tell Government
Over 200 disabled people, carers and disability campaigners gathered at Newcastle Civic Centre on Friday 1 June to discuss the impact of government cuts on disabled and older people. The conference comes after a march and rally last October which was the largest of a series across the country with over a 1000 people taking part.
Kirklees disability care changes that no-one knew about –
axe falls without users and carers being consulted
- by Joanne Douglas, Huddersfield Daily Examiner
- Jun 1 2012
A FATHER has questioned Kirklees Council’s silence over a decision to axe funding for Mencap as a day care provider for people with disabilities.
David Mills Daniel says he and wife Jenny were not consulted before Kirklees Council transferred responsibility for the care of his son from Mencap to a new provider.
And he says it will cause unnecessary disruption for those who depend of the service – the people with disabilities themselves and their carers.
His son Edmund, 33, has Down’s Syndrome and severe learning difficulties. He has attended the Waverley Hall centre, Waverley Road, for five years.
