Tagged: county council

Focus on Disability - For Disabled People, the Elderly and their Carers in the UK

29th April 2015

Budget cuts get war hero – 93 – home emergency cord bill

A war hero and his wife have been ordered to pay a weekly fee for the emergency cord at their sheltered accommodation because of council budget cuts. Roger Turner, 93, and Barbara 90, are terrified...

Care Services / Focus on Disability

23rd January 2015

Justice for 91 year-old – Locked Up in Dementia Unit

Essex County Council should be thoroughly ashamed after keeping a 91 year-old man in a LOCKED dementia unit against his wishes for 17 months. This was despite his repeated insistence that he wanted to go...