Category: elderly

LSB publishes literature review of legal needs – Legal Services Board

Posted April 26th, 2011 in disabled persons, elderly, Legal Services Board, mental health, news, refugees, reports, travellers by sally

“The LSB has conducted a review of existing research literature into the needs of different groups of legal services consumers. The review summarises the legal needs of a variety of different groups, their methods of accessing legal services and where their needs are not met. The review helps to identify gaps in existing research and will be used to target our future research programme.”

The Legal Needs of Consumer Groups (PDF)

Legal Services Board, 21st April 2011

Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk

Edward Chopping spared jail for manslaughter of wife – BBC News

Posted March 21st, 2011 in elderly, euthanasia, homicide, married persons, news, sentencing by sally

“An 84-year-old man from east London who killed his wife so she did not have to go to a care home has been spared jail.”

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BBC News, 18th March 2011

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OAP spared jail over wife’s death – The Independent

Posted March 21st, 2011 in elderly, euthanasia, homicide, married persons, news, sentencing by sally

“A frail 84-year-old who killed his ailing wife after becoming terrified that she would be taken into a care home wept as he was spared jail today.”

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The Independent, 18th March 2011

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Call to sue councils that are ‘failing the vulnerable’ – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted March 17th, 2011 in disabled persons, duty of care, elderly, local government, mental health, news, social services by sally

“The case of a mentally ill man who attempted suicide after being discharged from hospital to a park bench has prompted mental health solicitors to call on lawyers to sue local authorities that fail to provide adequate healthcare for some of society’s most vulnerable members.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 17th March 2011

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

NHS could be sued for neglecting elderly under new law – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 16th, 2011 in age discrimination, elderly, health, hospitals, news by sally

“Elderly patients who believe they have been treated badly because of their age could sue the National Health Service under new rights to be unveiled by ministers next month.”

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Daily Telegraph, 15th February 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Care workers use glove puppet to bully elderly women – BBC News

Posted January 7th, 2011 in bullying, care workers, elderly, news, sentencing, victimisation by sally

“Two care home workers have been given suspended jail sentences for using a Green Goblin glove puppet to bully elderly women.”

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BBC News, 6th January 2011

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Disabled will suffer from assisted dying law, claim critics of new inquiry – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 30th, 2010 in assisted suicide, disabled persons, elderly, inquiries, news by sally

“Vulnerable elderly and disabled people will feel pressured to end their lives if the law on assisted dying is relaxed, disability campaigners have claimed.”

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Daily Telegraph, 29th November 2010

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Death tax law ruled out next parliament – The Guardian

Posted March 30th, 2010 in elderly, news, social services, taxation by sally

“Andy Burnham, the health secretary, will today rule out legislation in the next parliament to impose a death tax to pay for social care for the elderly, but will promise new laws to cap the cost of residential costs after two years in a home.”

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The Guardian, 30th March 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

‘Free care for vulnerable’ bill killed off by Lords coalition – The Guardian

Posted March 18th, 2010 in bills, elderly, local government, news, social services by sally

“The government conceded that its eye-catching bill to provide free care at home for the vulnerable will have to wait until after the election after peers inflicted a series of defeats.”

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The Guardian, 18th March 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Consultation launched on upper age limit for jury service – Ministry of Justice

Posted March 17th, 2010 in consultations, elderly, juries, Ministry of Justice, press releases by sally

“The government today launched a consultation on raising the upper age limit for jury service in England and Wales.”

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Ministry of Justice, 16th March 2010

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Council launches legal bid to abolish sheltered housing wardens – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 13th, 2010 in care homes, elderly, judicial review, news by sally

“Council officials are attempting to force through plans to abolish round-the-clock wardens in housing for vulnerable elderly people despite the worst winter in decades.”

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Daily Telegraph, 13th January 2010

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High court bars ‘easyCouncil’ from removing live-in wardens – The Guardian

Posted December 16th, 2009 in elderly, local government, news by sally

“A high court judge today stopped a council from removing 24-hour live-in wardens from sheltered housing in a blow to the Conservative authority’s attempt to remodel itself as ‘easyCouncil’ after the no-frills budget airline easyJet.”

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The Guardian, 15th December 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

‘Mouth tape’ care worker sentenced – The Independent

Posted October 19th, 2009 in assault, carers, elderly, news, sentencing by sally

“A care worker who ‘humiliated’ an 89-year-old dementia patient by taping his mouth shut and forcing him to lie on the floor was given a suspended jail sentence today.”

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The Independent, 19th October 2009

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Care home resident aged 106 loses closure fight – The Guardian

Posted October 7th, 2009 in appeals, care homes, elderly, news by sally

“A battle by one of Britain’s oldest women to stop the closure of her council-run care home failed at the court of appeal today.”

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The Guardian, 7th October 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Drug-smuggling pensioners jailed – BBC News

Posted October 2nd, 2009 in drug trafficking, elderly, news, sentencing by sally

“Three pensioners involved in a £5m cannabis smuggling operation have been jailed.”

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BBC News, 1st October 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Son of 106-year-old woman fighting eviction to take fight to Europe – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 28th, 2009 in care homes, elderly, human rights, news by sally

“The son of a 106-year-old woman threatened with eviction from her care home as part of local council cost cutting has pledged to take her fight to the European Court of Human Rights.”

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Daily Telegraph, 28th September 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Man, 74, given ‘no speaking’ Asbo – BBC News

Posted September 9th, 2009 in ASBOs, elderly, news by sally

“A 74-year-old man from Devon has been barred from speaking to anyone aged under 18 in England and Wales.”

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BBC News, 8th September 2009

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Domestic abuse death police sorry – BBC News

Posted June 17th, 2009 in domestic violence, elderly, news, police by sally

“Police have been forced to apologise to a family and change domestic abuse policies after the murder of a 75-year-old woman.”

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BBC News, 16th June 2009

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Pressure grows for inquiry into deaths of elderly patients at Gosport hospital – The Guardian

Posted June 8th, 2009 in elderly, hospitals, inquiries, news by sally

“Pressure is growing for a public inquiry into a series of deaths of elderly people at a hospital in Gosport, Hampshire, as a doctor faces the General Medical Council charged with giving patients excessive doses of the drug diamorphine.”

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The Guardian, 8th June 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Gosport deaths ‘not important enough’ to justify public inquiry – The Independent

Posted April 27th, 2009 in elderly, hospitals, inquiries, news by sally

“Questions remain after 92 elderly people died unexpectedly at the same Hampshire hospital, a story first highlighted by The IoS on 15 March.”

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The Independent, 26th April 2009

Source: www.independent.co.uk