Warning over care home standards
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Almost half of care homes for the elderly and a third for children fall short of national standards, experts claim.
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Abuse and neglect was so rampant at a South Side nursing home, two former employees dubbed it &quot;the house of death, terror and filth,&quot; a whistleblower lawsuit unsealed Monday alleged.
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Almost 25% of care agencies fail to protect disabled and elderly people from thefts by carers, the BBC finds.
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WASHINGTON A new government report shows that shedding a light on nursing home practices may help improve patient care. The Bush administration findings show improvement in key measurements of nursing home
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People are being warned not to eat certain batches of organic chicken by the Food Standards Agency.
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The government says it will consider an independent complaints system for vulnerable old people in care.
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A watchdog warns many vulnerable children may not be receiving suitable or cost-effective education.
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Federal health authorities warned Monday that it is unnecessary and potentially dangerous for old and frail people to wait in long lines for flu shots.
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Many elderly people are too scared to leave their homes for fear of falling on uneven pavements, says a charity.
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Concerns about safety and the care of dying patients dominate complaints to an NHS watchdog.
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Hurricane Charley exposed glaring weaknesses in the emergency plans that were supposed to protect hundreds of Charlotte County&#39;s most vulnerable residents, the people living in nursing homes.
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Some armed forces housing is in an "appalling condition" and could take decades to put right, says an MPs' report.
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British Medical Association says patients should be spared 'unnecessary' attempts to revive them.
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In Sept. 21 NEW YORK story headlined &quot;Survey chides quality of 1 in 10 nursing homes&quot; please read in first paragraph ... inadequate quality in a survey of state inspection reports ... instead of ... consistently inadequate quality since the year 2000 .
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The cost of residential care for the elderly is set to double in the next 20 years, research suggests.
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A survey of complaints against more than 16,000 U.S. nursing homes found that care often deteriorates after being acquired by large private investment firms, The New York Times reported in its September 23 edition.
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Many NHS trusts are failing to meet core standards for out-of-hours primary care, statistics show.