Mental Health Patients ‘Suffering Routine Abuse From Neighbours’
Most people with mental health problems are routinely subjected to physical and sexual abuse or theft by their neighbours, a new study indicates.
Read MoreMost people with mental health problems are routinely subjected to physical and sexual abuse or theft by their neighbours, a new study indicates.
Read MoreAn eldery care home has been shut down by the county council after rising levels of the bacteria which causes Legionnaire’s Disease were found in the water supply.
Read MoreCharity trustees aren’t being recruited, trained or appraised in a sufficiently open or transparent manner, according to a new report that criticises the voluntary sector’s governance standards.
Read MoreA nurse who worked at a Plympton care home for elderly and disabled people is to face a hearing for alleged misconduct.
Read MoreCampaigners staged a protest against a planned increase in home care charges in Wirral. Scores of disabled and elderly people made the journey to Birkenhead Park’s pavillion to voice their anger.
Read MoreCouncil social services for adults have been praised for improving performance for the fifth successive year.
{mosimage}The Commission for Social Care Inspection said the number of English councils attaining two or three stars out of three rose from 78% to 81%.
And for the second year running none of the 150 councils got a zero star grade.
But experts pointed out that there was a growing number of people being denied care as councils tightened eligibility criteria amid a squeeze on finances.
The local authorities are judged on the quality of their services as well as their management of budgets.
The watchdog praised the work done in delivering home care, supporting carers and helping those with chronic illness stay out of hospital. The social care departments were also given credit for providing equipment and carrying out home adaptations for people.
More than 2m cases were handled last year – nine out of 10 within seven days, compared to three quarters three years previously.
The ratings for 2006 to 2007 show that 48 councils were given three stars, 74 two and 28 one. It means 24 councils had improved their star rating, compared to 15 which did worse.
Read MoreWhen Jewell Ryan moved into an elderly couple’s Hampshire home to become a live-in carer she was meant to make their lives easier.
{mosimage}But just nine months later she faked a massive burglary and arranged for the theft of 200 highly valuable items from her employers.The haul was estimated to be worth up to £400,000.
The 59-year-old used a glossy brochure produced by Winchester auctioneers Bonhams to select the most valuable items from Leeland House in the High Street, Twyford.
She even stole treasured personal possessions by rifling though drawers in the room where the elderly woman she was meant to be caring for was lying in bed suffering from dementia.
However, her despicable actions involving two accomplices were exposed after police became suspicious about her allegation of a burglary and subsequently found Ch’ing dynasty porcelain in her suitcase.
Today Ryan, of Alexander Road, Hemel Hempstead, is beginning a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence after a Winchester Crown Court jury found her guilty of conspiracy to steal and conspiracy to obtain property by deception.
She was found guilty of using a stolen credit card to obtain goods worth £2,271 and £2,200 in cash.
Read MoreFour people charged with neglecting residents at an old people’s home have today had their case adjourned until the New Year at the request of defence lawyers.
Read MoreA young man who says social workers left him to suffer at the hands of his brutal and abusive parents has launched a six figure damages claim against Doncaster Council.
Read MoreThe inquiry into a government decision to award the bulk of Pathways to Work contracts, worth £250m, to private firms has raised questions about the role of charities in public service provision.
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