The gap between pensioners’ incomes and care home bills has widened – with figures for Wales, where pensioner incomes are among the lowest in the UK, showing the widest disparity. Across the UK bills have risen by more than nine… read more »
A private care home in Wallasey, Merseyside has been ordered to pay £40,000 in fines and costs after it failed to manage the risk of elderly residents catching a potentially fatal form of pneumonia. Mother Redcaps Care Home Ltd was prosecuted… read more »
David Cameron is set to announce a £500m cash injection to relieve pressure on England’s A&E departments. During a visit to Salford Royal Hospital’s accident and emergency department today, the Prime Minister said there needed to be “profound changes” to… read more »
A three-year study backed by the Royal Voluntary Society has found that two thirds of older people feel stereotyped and 61 per cent of over-65s think society sees them as a burden. The Shaping Our Time study into the views… read more »
The Care Quality Commission, England’s health and social care regulator, is looking into how it could record death rates to pick up on poor care in nursing and care homes. The move follows a BBC Panorama investigation ‘Elderly Care: Condition… read more »
The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, Sarah Rochira, has announced a review into the quality of life for older people in care homes across Wales. Ms Rochira will also seek the views of older people in care homes about the… read more »
In the Queen’s speech today (May 8) the Government announced its intention to cap the costs of care for older people at £72,000. The figure is just over double the one recommended by the £35,000 Dilnot Commission in 2011 but… read more »
The Care Quality Commission has found that fewer hospitals in England are treating older people with dignity than in previous years. Nearly a fifth of hospitals are failing to offer dignity in caring for their older patients or offer them… read more »
Warnings about Britain’s rapidly ageing population have emerged prompting fears about how social services and the NHS will cope with the dramatic increase in those aged over 65. In an article on the impact of demographic change published in the… read more »
Basic care for the elderly in their own homes in England is so bad it breaches human rights at times, an inquiry says. The home care review by the Equality and Human Rights Commission highlighted cases of physical abuse, theft,… read more »