Elderly motorists face extra tests to keep licences – Daily Telegraph
“New curbs could be introduced on older drivers under plans being considered by the Department for Transport.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Category: elderly
Law Lords leave elderly out in cold – The Observer
“A ruling leaves elderly and vulnerable people in private care homes with no protection from eviction or ill-treatment, writes Jon Robins.”
The Observer, 24th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Elderly ‘must get new rights to protect them from culture of abuse’ – The Times
“Elderly people must have the same legal safeguards as children, experts said yesterday after research found that almost 350,000 pensioners were abused in their own homes by carers last year.”
The Times, 15th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Body exhumed in care home enquiry – BBC news
“The body of an elderly woman is to be the first of three exhumed by police probing seven deaths at a care home.”
BBC News, 5th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Human rights battle over Alzheimer’s patient reaches Lords – The Times
“Elderly patients placed by the Government in private care homes should receive the same protection from human rights laws as they would in public facilities, the House of Lords heard today.”
The Times, 30th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lords to rule on care home eviction – The Guardian
“A company trying to evict an 83-year-old Alzheimer’s sufferer from a private care home it runs is facing a legal battle in a historic case that could affect hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people.”
The Guardian, 30th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Elderly neighbour from hell jailed for breaching Asbo – The Independent
“An 81-year-old woman described by a judge as the ‘original neighbour from hell’ has been jailed for six months.”
The Independent, 18th April 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Asbo breach OAP to be sentenced – BBC News
“An 81-year-old woman is due to be sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court after being found guilty of harassment and breaching her Asbo.”
BBC News, 16th April 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
