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Re: Care Reform (19th Jan 13 at 11:33pm UTC)
Coalition's £75,000 on care costs 'mean and cynical', say campaigners

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9813244/Coalitions-75000-on-care-costs-mean-and-cynical-say-campaigners.html
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Re: Care Reform (23rd Jan 13 at 11:26am UTC)
Labour warns David Cameron against 'foolish' cap on long-term care costs
Prime minister reported to be considering a higher figure than one proposed by the Dilnot review in a bid to save money

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jan/23/labour-warning-david-cameron-dilnot
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Re: Care Reform (25th Jan 13 at 10:35pm UTC)
Doctors have criticised the chief executive of the NHS Commissioning Board for calling hospitals “very bad places” for the elderly, saying Sir David Nicholson's comments could result in nurses treating such patients worse.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9826916/NHS-chiefs-comments-jeopardise-care-of-elderly.html
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Re: Care Reform (5th Feb 13 at 11:17pm UTC)
A widow has died after being left to starve for nine days as her care agency was closed and the council forgot about her.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9850323/Starved-pensioner-left-without-care-dies.html
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Re: Care Reform (8th Feb 13 at 11:44pm UTC)
A council left an 81-year-old woman to starve to death despite being told by police that she needed urgent care, The Daily Telegraph has learnt.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/elderhealth/9858804/Council-knew-about-widow-who-starved.html
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Re: Care Reform (9th Feb 13 at 11:09pm UTC)
Pensioners with savings of up to £120,000 will get Government help towards the cost of their care home places under plans to be announced on Monday.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9859839/Savings-boost-for-pensioners-in-care-shake-up.html
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Re: Care Reform (10th Feb 13 at 9:44pm UTC)
The Government will fund plans to assist pensioners with care bills by imposing a £95,000 “stealth tax” on inheritance.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/tax/9860430/Inheritance-stealth-tax-to-fund-care-for-the-elderly.html
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Re: Care Reform (11th Feb 13 at 10:24pm UTC)
The Coalition’s adviser on social care warned ministers on Monday that he “regrets” the decision to cap the costs of nursing homes at almost double the level he recommended.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9863850/75000-cap-on-care-costs-is-too-high-says-architect-of-reforms.html
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Re: Care Reform (13th Feb 13 at 10:40am UTC)
Elderly 'suffer from poor home care' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21430956
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Re: Care Reform (14th Feb 13 at 11:22pm UTC)
Covered in her own excrement and bed sores, the vulnerable pensioner left to 'lie in filth for weeks' while a council-appointed carer cleaned around her

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2278546/Pensioner-left-lie-filth-weeks-council-appointed-carer-cleaned-her.html#ixzz2Kv1OG8Ge

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Re: Care Reform (15th Feb 13 at 1:24pm UTC)
More than one in 10 providing unpaid care http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21471544
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Re: Care Reform (21st Feb 13 at 10:21am UTC)
Elderly in care 20 times more likely to be on antipsychotics
Sharp rise in medication, including chemical calming 'cosh', revealed in database study by Queen's University Belfast

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/feb/21/elderly-care-antipsychotics-sharp-rise
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Re: Care Reform (22nd Feb 13 at 10:06am UTC)
Worry over antipsychotic drugs in care homes

http://www.nhs.uk/news/2013/February/Pages/Antipsychotic-drugs-care-homes.aspx
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Re: Care Reform (26th Feb 13 at 10:10am UTC)
Dementia 'affects 80% of care home residents' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21579394
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Re: Care Reform (26th Feb 13 at 10:50pm UTC)
Elderly people with dementia are enduring a “forgotten scandal” of mediocre care in homes – with all their basic needs met but little effort to enrich their lives, a report has warned.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/elderhealth/9892866/Forgotten-scandal-of-mediocre-care-homes.html
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Re: Care Reform (27th Feb 13 at 10:34pm UTC)
Carers fed 77-year-old grandfather this jam sandwich covered in mould: Fury of daughter who found father in tears after lunch 'burned back of his throat'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285308/Carers-feed-elderly-grandfather-jam-sandwich-covered-MOULD-leaving-tears.html#ixzz2M8pus3s7

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Re: Care Reform (6th Mar 13 at 11:43pm UTC)
Two million quit work to care for a sick loved one

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/two-million-quit-work-to-care-for-a-sick-loved-one-8523465.html
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Re: Care Reform (10th Mar 13 at 11:37am UTC)
Care home staff to have compulsory training under government plans to protect elderly

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/elderhealth/9919194/Care-home-staff-to-have-compulsory-training-under-government-plans-to-protect-elderly.html
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Re: Care Reform (11th Mar 13 at 9:55pm UTC)
Retired urged to 'face up to old age'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9921295/Retired-urged-to-face-up-to-old-age.html
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Re: Care Reform (19th Mar 13 at 11:22am UTC)
Basic care for elderly 'lacking' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21834679
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