Following family members and former employees raising serious concerns about the standards of care and safety of residents living with dementia in Dunmurry Manor Care Home, the Commissioner for Older
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Hundreds of thousands of elderly people are not receiving the help they need to get out of bed, dress or eat, according to a new report. The study from Age
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Almost £1.4 million funding has been awarded to a social enterprise network that brings together unpaid carers of people with dementia. The funding will be used to support carers in
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Comedian David Baddiel has called for the “epidemic” of dementia as a killer of older people to be given more public attention. The 52-year-old, whose father Colin is housebound and
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An investigation has been launched into the death of an 87-year-old man after a lift he was using collapsed at a care home. The man died in Salford Royal Hospital
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Some elderly people are waiting more than six months for their full care package from local councils, an investigation has found. Freedom of Information (FOI) data collected from 80 councils
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£100,000 funding has been awarded to Scottish charity MECOPP, to provide legal support to people affected by dementia to help them access their rights to self-directed support. Self-directed Support (SDS)
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An NHS Trust has apologised after an elderly woman remained on a ward for six months at a cost of more than £80,000 despite being fit for discharge. Iris Sibley,
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Scotland’s dementia and geriatric wards have recorded tens of thousands of adverse incidents since 2011. Figures obtained by the Scottish Conservatives under freedom of information laws show there have been
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An American pensioner with dementia was flown to Britain and left in a car park by his wife and son, according to court documents in the US. Roger Curry was
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