The Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland, Claire Keatinge, has renewed her call to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to commit to introducing legislation that
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The number of hate crimes against Muslims in London has risen by almost three quarters in a year. There were 816 Islamophobic offences recorded across the city in the 12
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A care home deputy manager tried to take more than £22,000 belonging to an elderly resident, a tribunal heard. Ratnamanee Bundhoo obtained three signed cheques in the summer of 2012
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A “depraved” female care worker has been jailed for 10 years for sexually assaulting three elderly people at a residential care home, police said. Christina Sethi, 25, admitted five offences
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Carers who concocted a lie to explain away a pensioner’s fall and then delayed raising the alarm have been spared jail with relatives calling the sentence “appalling”. Sabrina Duncan (pictured)
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The chief inspector of adult social care has warned the sector is under “stress and strain” – as figures reportedly reveal more than 150 allegations of abuse against the frail
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A 99-year-old with dementia was immersed in a scalding hot bath by a female care assistant who had been in “a bad mood”, a jury has heard. The victim is
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Women and men across Scotland who suspect their partner has an abusive background may now have that information disclosed to them, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced. Police Scotland’s Disclosure
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The Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland, Claire Keatinge, has renewed her call to the Minister of Health, Social Services to commit to introducing legislation that would better protect
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The UK legal system is failing older people and perpetuating abuse, neglect and crimes against older people, according to the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, Sarah Rochira. The Commissioner is
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