Elderly Care – ‘Double Blow’ of Service Cuts
Emily Dugan writing in The Independent – Older people have been hit with a “double whammy” of cuts to social care and a huge drop in the number of community nurses to help them at...
Category: Age Issues
What the NHS needs – A ‘mums’ story – more grief !
Politicians argue about waiting lists and targets, but it’s first hand hospital experience that paints the most telling picture. Sonia Purnell writing in The Independent on Sunday on this years very worrying reports about the...
‘Plumbers should report UK’s deadly-cold homes’ – Say Health Watchdog
Articles in several of the press today saying that a health watchdog is asking for plumbers and boiler engineers to report cold homes to the council to slash winter deaths. Around 25,000 extra brits –...
Doctors dismiss grief of bereaved elderly as depression
Fiona MacRae for the Daily Mail writes how suffering from bereavement, many older people seek help from a GP to cope with the crushing feeling of loneliness. But they are often misdiagnosed with depression –...
Elderly – “Illlegally Restrained in Care Homes”
Thousands of elderly and vulnerable patients are being illegally restrained by staff in hospitals and care homes, according to the care watchdog. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) warns that carers and nursing staff are ignoring...
Loneliness of Our Elderly – Major Public Health Challenge
Britain faces a “Major Public Health Challenge” caused by the impact of long-term loneliness on elderly people, two charities have warned. Linked to dementia, depression and high blood pressure, chronic loneliness threatens the health of...
Britain’s Care of the Elderly – In Rapid, Calamitous Decline
Care of the elderly is in a state of “calamitous, quite rapid decline”, a leading charity boss has warned, with hundreds of thousands fewer people receiving care than five years ago. More than £1bn has...
Scandal of how Britain treats elderly
Sarah O’Grady writing in the Daily Express regarding how Britain is failing its elderly with some of the worst pensioner health care in the developed world. The UK comes a shameful 27th in a global ...