Monthly Archives: July 2010
Toxic dementia care in the UK – and my thanks to Tim Farron MP
Thank you, Tim Farron Lib-Dem MP, for your recent use of the word ‘toxic’ when describing some Tory MPs and parts of this peculiar Coalition government for which we did not vote and so did not elect. I share your … Continue reading
Filed under abuse, Care UK, dementia care, growing older, neglect, professional responsibility
Nuns on the run – the alternative to residential care
Two fugitive nuns in their 80s have gone on the run in France to escape being sent to a retirement home by their Mother Superior. Sister Marie-Daniel, 86, and Sister Saint-Denis, 82, fled their nunnery two weeks ago after convent … Continue reading
Filed under growing older, personal choice
Coalition plans for the NHS
A few comments on the Lib-Dem-Con plans for the NHS~: from Liberal Conspiracy concerned about the dismantling of the NHS – me too! from askcliff concerned about Andrew Lansley’s possible hidden agenda – no, Cliff Hagen, I don’t think you … Continue reading
The furnace of dementia care in the UK
The Seven Ages of Man became fixed in my being when Miss Edwards, our fearsome English teacher, forced me to abandon my preferred 4-line poems. She had insisted that we should all learn a verse of our own choosing, every … Continue reading
Filed under abuse, care, dementia care, growing older, neglect, professional responsibility
NHS Unlimited? Who runs our GP services?
Perfect timing from the NHS Support Federation, with the arrival of the report: NHS Unlimited? Who runs our GP services? – a study of GP services put out to tender by the NHS The report “highlights a new breed of … Continue reading
Care UK in splendour – vulnerable elderly residents in treacle
Click below to see that Care UK resides in splendour: £350,000 pounds of tuppeny rice for Care UK, half a pound of treacle for the vulnerable elderly in need of care This is where the money goes – Who surprised … Continue reading
Filed under care, care homes, dementia care, growing older, professional responsibility
Briars Retirement home / Briars Care home – and other examples of neglect
The owner and manager of Briars, a ‘retirement/care’ home in Southampton, have been found guilty of ill-treating and neglecting sixteen vulnerable elderly residents with dementia, aged between 77 and 96. At Southampton Crown court, Annette Hopkins, the 63-year old owner … Continue reading
Filed under abuse, care homes, Care UK, dementia care, neglect
