Care fees ruling: the implications for other families – Daily Telegraph
‘Worcestershire County Council has lost a court battle over its attempt to sell a woman’s home to pay for care.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Category: elderly
Essex council sells elderly man’s £24,000 Pissarro painting to pay towards his care home fees – The Independent
‘A painting belonging to an elderly man has been sold for £24,000 to help pay for his care home fees, a council said.’
The Independent, 17th January 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Hillcroft nursing home care workers jailed for abusing elderly residents – The Guardian
‘Three nursing home staff have been jailed and a fourth given a community sentence for tormenting and abusing elderly residents with dementia, actions described by the trial judge as “gratuitous sport at the expense of vulnerable victims”.’
The Guardian, 10th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Parkside Nursing Home deaths: Police to review evidence – BBC News
‘Police are to review evidence given at a tribunal after five “severely” neglected patients died in two weeks at a Northampton home.’
BBC News, 9th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Solicitor jailed after stealing £2m from his clients and their families – Daily Telegraph
‘The victims of a corrupt solicitor and former Coroner who stole from their loved ones’ estates have been left asking how he managed to get away with it for so long.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
CQC report says hospital care has not improved since Mid Staffs scandal – The Guardian
‘Hospitals have made no improvement in patient safety or treating the ill with dignity and respect despite the concerns triggered by the Mid Staffordshire scandal, according to the independent healthcare regulator. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) also found no improvement in hospitals monitoring and assessment of the quality of care they are providing.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government response to the Justice Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2013–14 – Older Prisoners – Ministry of Justice
“Today the Government has published its response to the Justice Select Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2013–14, entitled Older Prisoners.”
Ministry of Justice, 12th November 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Human rights – coming to a private care home near you? – UK Human Rights Blog
“The amendment, moved by Lord Low of Dalston and supported by Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC and Lord Pannick QC, makes clear that a person who provides regulated ‘social care’ is to be taken for the purposes of subsection 6(3)(b) of the Human Rights Act 1998 to be exercising a function of a public nature.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th October 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Vulnerable elderly ‘locked out’ of state-funded care despite reforms, study finds – Daily Telegraph
“Hundreds of thousands of frail elderly and disabled people who need help with basic tasks such as washing and dressing will receive no assistance towards the cost of their care, despite Government reforms, experts have warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Orchid View inquest: Home riddled by ‘institutional abuse’ – BBC News
“A care home where 19 residents died was riddled with ‘institutionalised abuse’, a coroner has said.”
BBC News, 18th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Middle classes who pay for care could get more rights – Daily Telegraph
“Hundreds of thousands of middle class elderly people may be protected under human rights laws for the first time after a vote in the House of Lords last night.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Pensioner handed jail sentence for selling crack cocaine – The Independent
“A ‘flamboyantly’ dressed pensioner who would leave his sheltered housing to sell crack cocaine in Soho, London has been jailed.”
The Independent, 15th October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Silver splitter surge leaves divorce lawyers with new headache – the meddling children – Daily Telegraph
“It is a job which has always required the skills of a diplomat, conflict negotiator, property expert and financial whizz all rolled into one.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Court of Appeal increases sentence of man who conned elderly – Attorney General’s Office
“Court of Appeal found the 21 month sentence given to Bernard Collins for conspiracy to defraud unduly lenient and increased it to 3 ½ years.”
Attorney General’s Office, 24th September 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
Couple sentenced over theft of £95,000 from godmother’s life savings – The Independent
“A married couple who blew almost £100,000 of a 91-year-old’s life savings on themselves will be sentenced today.”
The Independent, 20th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Jail terms increased for burglars who targeted elderly – BBC News
“Two men who burgled dozens of homes in front of their elderly victims have had their sentences increased by a judge who said they left ‘a trail of misery’.”
BBC News, 19th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Council staff face action after report into care of woman left to starve – The Guardian
“Two council workers have been suspended and face further disciplinary action following a report that found officials had failed to care for an 81-year-old woman who died after being left without food or medication for nine days.”
The Guardian, 16th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Council guilty of safety breach after woman falls into drain at care home – Local Government Lawyer
“A council has been fined £5,000 and ordered to pay costs after an 82-year-old vulnerable woman was injured in a fall at one of its care homes.”
Local Government Lawyer, 10th September 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Fine wine fraudsters jailed for conning elderly investors – Daily Telegraph
“Two members of a family of fraudsters who conned elderly investors in a £4.5 million fine wine scam have been jailed for a total of ten-and-a-half years.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Gosport hospital deaths to get public inquiry at last – The Independent
“An independent inquiry into the deaths of dozens of elderly patients given ‘life-shortening’ powerful painkillers at a Hampshire hospital will be announced by ministers within weeks.”
The Independent, 8th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
