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Elderly and vulnerable people warned to be vigilant after Bluewater card scam
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Jul 10th 2013, 15:00
Elderly and vulnerable people have been warned to be vigilant after a Bluewater card scam claimed seven victims over the past two weeks.
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Photo competition: India's working older people
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Photo competition: India's working older people
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Jul 10th 2013, 13:25
A national photo competition on the "Working Elderly" in India, which reveals the widespread and diverse nature of older people's work has had over 900 pictures uploaded and over 9,000 votes in just a week.
It was inspired by our photo exhibition and essay "We too contribute" which told the story ...
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Photo competition: India's working older people
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A national photo competition on the "Working Elderly" in India, which reveals the widespread and diverse nature of older people's work has had over 900 pictures uploaded and over 9,000 votes in just a week.
It was inspired by our photo exhibition and essay "We too contribute" which told the story ...
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Elderly brothers found dead at home
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Elderly brothers found dead at home
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Jul 10th 2013, 10:49
Two elderly brothers have been found dead in their house by a home help.
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Elderly brothers found dead at home
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Two elderly brothers have been found dead in their house by a home help.
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Bedroom Tax - don't let it happen here
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Bedroom Tax - don't let it happen here
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Jul 10th 2013, 10:42
100 days after the introduction of a bedroom tax in GB, carers are facing debt, eviction and food poverty.
Don't let it happen in Northern Ireland.
Carers in Great Britain are being hard hit by the Government 'bedroom tax' cuts to Housing Benefit - despite Ministers' promises of support to protect carers and disabled people. New research by Carers UK, published 100 days after the introduction of the 'bedroom tax' lays bare the shocking impact of the policy on families caring for disabled loved ones.
Carers UK interviewed 100 carers affected by the changes, and the findings include:
Three quarters (75%) of carers having to pay the 'bedroom tax' are being forced to cut back on essential spending on food, electricity and heating.
One in six (17%) are falling behind on their rent and face eviction.
The welfare changes - dubbed the 'bedroom tax' - mean people in social housing considered to have 'spare rooms' are seeing Housing Benefit cut and are being left with an average shortfall of £14 a week - over £700 a year. Families who cannot afford to pay face having to move seriously ill or disabled loved ones.
When the policy was launched in April, ministers pledged a £25 million discretionary payments fund to help protect carers and disabled people. Carers UK warned the fund was woefully insufficient, and would only be enough to support around 40,000 of the 420,000 disabled people Government figures indicated would be hit by the cuts.
The charity's new research shows only 1 in 10 carers receiving these discretionary payments on an ongoing basis. Others were receiving temporary support of just a few months, facing the extra costs once discretionary relief expires.With insufficient funds to meet the needs of people affected by the cuts, local councils are, Carers UK says, drawing up their own criteria to ration discretionary payments.
Carers turned down for support reported reasons given by local authorities including that spending any more than £3.60 a day per person on food, buying spectacles or postage stamps all counted as unnecessary expenditure and could be cut to cover rent shortfall.
Heléna Herklots Chief Executive of Carers UK said: "This policy is having a shocking impact on families already struggling to care for seriously ill or disabled loved ones. Carers, whose contribution is often warmly praised by ministers, are being made to feel like they are being punished.
"These are carers who need an extra room just to get few hours of sleep as they care 24/7 for a disabled child, or who are unable to share with a partner because of serious illness.
"Our research exposes the devastating impact on those affected: carers being left unable to pay electricity bills and cutting back on meals to ensure the people they care for have enough to eat. Families coping with impact of conditions like cancer or a stroke, or caring for a severely disabled child, now face eviction."
This week the charity is delivering over 100 heartfelt letters from carers affected to the Prime Minister, in response to his commitment to look at individual cases of families including disabled people who are being affected.
Write to your MLA
Welfare reform is not yet in place in Northern Ireland. Carers Northern Ireland is urging the NI Assembly to take action to stop the introduction of the 'bedroom tax' and protect carers.
Use our toolkit to write to your MLA about your bedroom tax fears or email John McCormick at Carers Northern Ireland and tell us how the changes would affect you.
The Government's new Housing Benefit rules, dubbed the 'bedroom tax, mean working age council or housing association tenants cannot receive Housing Benefit for unoccupied or 'spare bedrooms'. Benefit received to cover some or all of the rent is reduced according to the number of rooms defined by local authorities as 'underoccupied'. Those of pension age and in receipt of Housing Benefit are not affected.
About the research
Carers UK interviewed 101 carers affected by the 'bedroom tax' between Friday 28th June and Tuesday 9th July, of those interviewed:
8% had been exempt from the changes because the rules now allow for extra rooms for disabled children who cannot share with siblings and if tenants or their partners need a room for someone to come in to provide overnight care.
56% had applied for discretionary payments from their local council to cover the shortfall.
However only 23% had received a discretionary payment – of those, 10 were receiving support for full year (when they would have to reapply), and a further 12 had received temporary support for between 3-8 months, which had already ended for some.
Of those not receiving discretionary payments and having to pay the shortfall, 75% were cutting back on essential spending like food and heating; 17% were in arrears and 8% were paying through debt.
Seven carers had moved as a result of the changes, three said their accommodation was better, one said it was the same and two said it was worse.
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Bedroom Tax - don't let it happen here
http://www.carersuk.org/news-northern-ireland/item/3211-bedroom-tax-dont-let-it-happen-here
Jul 10th 2013, 10:42
100 days after the introduction of a bedroom tax in GB, carers are facing debt, eviction and food poverty.
Don't let it happen in Northern Ireland.
Carers in Great Britain are being hard hit by the Government 'bedroom tax' cuts to Housing Benefit - despite Ministers' promises of support to protect carers and disabled people. New research by Carers UK, published 100 days after the introduction of the 'bedroom tax' lays bare the shocking impact of the policy on families caring for disabled loved ones.
Carers UK interviewed 100 carers affected by the changes, and the findings include:
Three quarters (75%) of carers having to pay the 'bedroom tax' are being forced to cut back on essential spending on food, electricity and heating.
One in six (17%) are falling behind on their rent and face eviction.
The welfare changes - dubbed the 'bedroom tax' - mean people in social housing considered to have 'spare rooms' are seeing Housing Benefit cut and are being left with an average shortfall of £14 a week - over £700 a year. Families who cannot afford to pay face having to move seriously ill or disabled loved ones.
When the policy was launched in April, ministers pledged a £25 million discretionary payments fund to help protect carers and disabled people. Carers UK warned the fund was woefully insufficient, and would only be enough to support around 40,000 of the 420,000 disabled people Government figures indicated would be hit by the cuts.
The charity's new research shows only 1 in 10 carers receiving these discretionary payments on an ongoing basis. Others were receiving temporary support of just a few months, facing the extra costs once discretionary relief expires.With insufficient funds to meet the needs of people affected by the cuts, local councils are, Carers UK says, drawing up their own criteria to ration discretionary payments.
Carers turned down for support reported reasons given by local authorities including that spending any more than £3.60 a day per person on food, buying spectacles or postage stamps all counted as unnecessary expenditure and could be cut to cover rent shortfall.
Heléna Herklots Chief Executive of Carers UK said: "This policy is having a shocking impact on families already struggling to care for seriously ill or disabled loved ones. Carers, whose contribution is often warmly praised by ministers, are being made to feel like they are being punished.
"These are carers who need an extra room just to get few hours of sleep as they care 24/7 for a disabled child, or who are unable to share with a partner because of serious illness.
"Our research exposes the devastating impact on those affected: carers being left unable to pay electricity bills and cutting back on meals to ensure the people they care for have enough to eat. Families coping with impact of conditions like cancer or a stroke, or caring for a severely disabled child, now face eviction."
This week the charity is delivering over 100 heartfelt letters from carers affected to the Prime Minister, in response to his commitment to look at individual cases of families including disabled people who are being affected.
Write to your MLA
Welfare reform is not yet in place in Northern Ireland. Carers Northern Ireland is urging the NI Assembly to take action to stop the introduction of the 'bedroom tax' and protect carers.
Use our toolkit to write to your MLA about your bedroom tax fears or email John McCormick at Carers Northern Ireland and tell us how the changes would affect you.
The Government's new Housing Benefit rules, dubbed the 'bedroom tax, mean working age council or housing association tenants cannot receive Housing Benefit for unoccupied or 'spare bedrooms'. Benefit received to cover some or all of the rent is reduced according to the number of rooms defined by local authorities as 'underoccupied'. Those of pension age and in receipt of Housing Benefit are not affected.
About the research
Carers UK interviewed 101 carers affected by the 'bedroom tax' between Friday 28th June and Tuesday 9th July, of those interviewed:
8% had been exempt from the changes because the rules now allow for extra rooms for disabled children who cannot share with siblings and if tenants or their partners need a room for someone to come in to provide overnight care.
56% had applied for discretionary payments from their local council to cover the shortfall.
However only 23% had received a discretionary payment – of those, 10 were receiving support for full year (when they would have to reapply), and a further 12 had received temporary support for between 3-8 months, which had already ended for some.
Of those not receiving discretionary payments and having to pay the shortfall, 75% were cutting back on essential spending like food and heating; 17% were in arrears and 8% were paying through debt.
Seven carers had moved as a result of the changes, three said their accommodation was better, one said it was the same and two said it was worse.
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The Paralympic legacy is slipping away. Too many disabled people are being abandoned by the system
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The Paralympic legacy is slipping away. Too many disabled people are being abandoned by the system
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Jul 9th 2013, 14:17
Thousands of disabled people are being left behind. It's vital that the Government continues to support good social care, writes Tanni Grey-Thompson
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The Paralympic legacy is slipping away. Too many disabled people are being abandoned by the system
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Jul 9th 2013, 14:17
Thousands of disabled people are being left behind. It's vital that the Government continues to support good social care, writes Tanni Grey-Thompson
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Care home boss: let people choose how to die
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Care home boss: let people choose how to die
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Jul 8th 2013, 23:52
People facing a slow or undignified death should be able to choose how, where and when they die, the chief of a leading care home chain will argue in a speech today.
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Care home boss: let people choose how to die
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Jul 8th 2013, 23:52
People facing a slow or undignified death should be able to choose how, where and when they die, the chief of a leading care home chain will argue in a speech today.
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Cavendish Review: Healthcare assistants are performing the same tasks as nurses and even doctors without standardised training
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Cavendish Review: Healthcare assistants are performing the same tasks as nurses and even doctors without standardised training
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Jul 10th 2013, 09:14
Review calls for standardised training for healthcare assistantsread more
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Cavendish Review: Healthcare assistants are performing the same tasks as nurses and even doctors without standardised training
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Review calls for standardised training for healthcare assistantsread more
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The Cavendish review: an independent review into healthcare assistants and support workers in the NHS and social care settings
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The Cavendish review: an independent review into healthcare assistants and support workers in the NHS and social care settings
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Jul 10th 2013, 09:18
The Cavendish review: an independent review into healthcare assistants and support workers in the NHS and social care settingsread more
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The Cavendish review: an independent review into healthcare assistants and support workers in the NHS and social care settings
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Jul 10th 2013, 09:18
The Cavendish review: an independent review into healthcare assistants and support workers in the NHS and social care settingsread more
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Air pollution 'harmful for those with failing hearts'
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Air pollution 'harmful for those with failing hearts'
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Jul 10th 2013, 08:52
Air pollution is harming people with weak hearts - even killing them, a big international study reveals. Experts estimate the toll includes thousands of Britons each year.read more
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Air pollution 'harmful for those with failing hearts'
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Jul 10th 2013, 08:52
Air pollution is harming people with weak hearts - even killing them, a big international study reveals. Experts estimate the toll includes thousands of Britons each year.read more
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Healthcare assistants 'should get standard training'
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Healthcare assistants 'should get standard training'
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Jul 10th 2013, 08:35
There is no minimum standard of training for healthcare assistants before they can work unsupervised, an independent report has found.read more
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Healthcare assistants 'should get standard training'
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Jul 10th 2013, 08:35
There is no minimum standard of training for healthcare assistants before they can work unsupervised, an independent report has found.read more
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Fun-loving pensioners are blowing inheritance for their younger relations
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Fun-loving pensioners are blowing inheritance for their younger relations
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Jul 10th 2013, 08:08
YOUNG people hoping for a fat inheritance could be out of luck – older generations are too busy spending their savings on themselves, says a survey.
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Fun-loving pensioners are blowing inheritance for their younger relations
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Jul 10th 2013, 08:08
YOUNG people hoping for a fat inheritance could be out of luck – older generations are too busy spending their savings on themselves, says a survey.
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Elderly woman cut free after car turns on its side in crash
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Elderly woman cut free after car turns on its side in crash
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Jul 10th 2013, 07:21
A CAR was left on its side after a crash in Milford, near Godalming, on Tuesday evening.
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Elderly woman cut free after car turns on its side in crash
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Jul 10th 2013, 07:21
A CAR was left on its side after a crash in Milford, near Godalming, on Tuesday evening.
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Fun-loving pensioners blow legacy
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Fun-loving pensioners blow legacy
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Jul 10th 2013, 05:08
YOUNG people hoping for a fat inheritance could be out of luck – older generations are too busy spending their savings on themselves, says a survey.
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YOUNG people hoping for a fat inheritance could be out of luck – older generations are too busy spending their savings on themselves, says a survey.
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Cost-utility analysis of a shock-absorbing floor intervention to prevent injuries from falls in hospital wards for older people
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Cost-utility analysis of a shock-absorbing floor intervention to prevent injuries from falls in hospital wards for older people
http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/aft076v1?rss=1
Jul 9th 2013, 08:03
Background: hospital falls place a substantial burden on healthcare systems. There has been limited research into the use of hospital flooring as an intervention against fall-related injuries.Objective: to assess the cost-effectiveness of shock-absorbing flooring compared with standard hospital flooring in hospital wards for older people.Design: a cost–utility analysis was undertaken drawing upon data collected in a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial and the wider literature.Setting: the trial included eight hospital sites across England. Four sites installed shock-absorbing flooring in one bay, and four maintained their standard flooring.Measurements: falls and resulting injuries and treatment were reported by hospital staff. Data on destination of discharge were collected. Patients were followed up at 3 months and further resource use data were collected. Health-related quality of life was assessed, allowing quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) to be estimated. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of the shock-absorbing flooring was assessed compared with the standard hospital flooring.Results: in the base case, the shock-absorbing flooring was cost saving, but generated QALY losses due to an increase in the faller rate reported in the intervention arm. Scenario analysis showed that if the shock-absorbing flooring does not increase the faller rate it is likely to represent a dominant economic strategy—generating cost savings and QALY gains.Conclusion: the shock-absorbing flooring intervention has the potential to be cost-effective but further research is required on whether the intervention flooring results in a higher faller rate than standard flooring.
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Cost-utility analysis of a shock-absorbing floor intervention to prevent injuries from falls in hospital wards for older people
http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/aft076v1?rss=1
Jul 9th 2013, 08:03
Background: hospital falls place a substantial burden on healthcare systems. There has been limited research into the use of hospital flooring as an intervention against fall-related injuries.Objective: to assess the cost-effectiveness of shock-absorbing flooring compared with standard hospital flooring in hospital wards for older people.Design: a cost–utility analysis was undertaken drawing upon data collected in a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial and the wider literature.Setting: the trial included eight hospital sites across England. Four sites installed shock-absorbing flooring in one bay, and four maintained their standard flooring.Measurements: falls and resulting injuries and treatment were reported by hospital staff. Data on destination of discharge were collected. Patients were followed up at 3 months and further resource use data were collected. Health-related quality of life was assessed, allowing quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) to be estimated. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of the shock-absorbing flooring was assessed compared with the standard hospital flooring.Results: in the base case, the shock-absorbing flooring was cost saving, but generated QALY losses due to an increase in the faller rate reported in the intervention arm. Scenario analysis showed that if the shock-absorbing flooring does not increase the faller rate it is likely to represent a dominant economic strategy—generating cost savings and QALY gains.Conclusion: the shock-absorbing flooring intervention has the potential to be cost-effective but further research is required on whether the intervention flooring results in a higher faller rate than standard flooring.
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Blueprint for improving standards of elderly care
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Blueprint for improving standards of elderly care
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Jul 9th 2013, 23:18
THERE is a question which increasingly comes from our newspapers, TV, social media feeds, news websites and sometimes our friends and family.
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Blueprint for improving standards of elderly care
http://www.scotsman.com/blueprint-for-improving-standards-of-elderly-care-1-2994812
Jul 9th 2013, 23:18
THERE is a question which increasingly comes from our newspapers, TV, social media feeds, news websites and sometimes our friends and family.
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