Urgent action is needed to meet the needs of millions who shielded during the pandemic to avoid further deterioration of their health, a think tank has warned. Failure to do
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Care homes must not be “lined up as a scapegoat” in the forthcoming national inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic, a group representing the sector has warned. Independent Care Homes Scotland
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More than a third of care home residents in England were paying for some or all of the care before the coronavirus pandemic, figures show. Some 36.7% of care home
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A terminally ill man who plans to travel to Switzerland to end his life before the year is out says legislators have so far “failed” people on assisted dying laws.
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Dame Esther Rantzen hailed “the work, the commitment, and the passion” of the volunteers and staff of the charities she set up after being honoured at the Women of the
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A former care home manager has avoided prison following the death of a dementia patient after she was put into a scalding bath. Frances Norris, 93, died on February 8
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A former worker at a nursing home where a dementia patient died after being placed into a scalding hot bath said he was labelled a “troublemaker” for raising safety issues.
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A healthcare firm has pleaded guilty to corporate manslaughter after the death of a dementia patient who had been put into a bath of scalding water, a court heard. Frances
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About one in five female pensioners is living in poverty, according to Age UK. Analysis by the charity found around 1.25 million women in this group are now living below
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Doctors are to use a remotely operated robot to give check ups to care home residents with Alzheimer’s disease and other conditions. The pilot will use technology pioneered by The
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