Shock report finds Scots dementia sufferers secretly drugged
OLD folk with dementia are being secretly drugged in Scots care homes to make them easier to control. Staff are slipping sedatives into frail residents’ food or drinks.
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OLD folk with dementia are being secretly drugged in Scots care homes to make them easier to control. Staff are slipping sedatives into frail residents’ food or drinks.
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Increasing pressure on social workers is putting vulnerable children at serious risk, according to a union. Unison has criticised city and county councillors in Nottinghamshire for “rocketing” caseloads.
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More than 100 children have died in local authority care in Scotland since 2000, according to a report published today, ahead of a seminar that aims to cut the toll.
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THE CROWN Office was under fire from a Lanarkshire MSP this week over their handling of the prosecution of the Rosepark care home owners.
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A MAN suffering from dementia died from hypothermia after walking out of a care home in South Nutfield last year, an inquest has heard.
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Urgent action should be taken to protect the human rights of people with dementia in care homes, a charity says. The call from Alzheimer Scotland came as two watchdogs published a report after visiting 30 care homes and interviewing 1,335 residents.
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A MIDLAND doctor is facing a month-long hearing by her professional governing body over irresponsible and inadequate treatment of 13 patients at the care home she ran.
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The task of reinventing the image of social work should be handed to a top global advertising agency, the founder of children’s charity Kids Company has told CYP Now.
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AN EAST Kilbride woman is to be recognised as one of the top employees in the care sector in Scotland at a prestigious awards ceremony in Glasgow
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New research has warned of a ‘ticking timebomb’ in relation to the current state of social care, with many families currently reluctant to look after their elderly relatives.
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