Care Home Couple Under Investigation After Death Of 12 Residents
The manager of a nursing home and her husband are being investigated over the suspicious deaths of 12 elderly residents, it has emerged.
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The manager of a nursing home and her husband are being investigated over the suspicious deaths of 12 elderly residents, it has emerged.
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Dementia should not be seen as a life sentence according to Directors of Adult Social Services in their response to a Government consultation on transforming the quality of dementia care. In a joint submission with the Local Government Association they say delivering better care will need significant investment.
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The publication of a briefing on the Police and Mental Health has again brought to the fore the need for a wholesale review of the use of police cells as places of safety for mental health patients, which race equality groups and health experts say has never been more urgent.
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Council bosses are set to unveil ambitious plans to create an extra 2,480 care places across Norfolk as part of a long-term strategy to transform residential care to meet the needs and aspirations of older people in 2020.
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Elderly people suffering from dementia should consider ending their lives because they are a burden on the NHS and their families, according to the influential medical ethics expert Baroness Warnock.
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A SOCIAL worker who went to the vet instead of dealing with a child has been banned from practising after a three-day hearing into her conduct.
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Housing association care home shines in unannounced inspectionHousing association care home shines in unannounced inspection
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A new dementia care facility is being launched in east Kent. Bupa has made a donation to Admiral Nurses to support its establishment of three new teams – the first of which is being set up in the east Kent region together with the Eastern and Coastal Primary Care Trust and Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust.
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Social workers failed to spot ‘indicators of risk’ to a toddler who was tortured to death by her stepfather, a report has found.
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The NSPCC’s Childline is planning to roll out new services allowing young people to contact councillors online and through mobile by 2010.
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