Ed Balls Crisis in Care.

Callistemon my great aunt used to do a lot of fund raising and organising events for 'the elderly'. She was a good 10 years older than her 'old ladies'!

Aveline my Granny used to run a Red Cross group for the elderly. She was by far the oldest member there ?

Another poster said that in page 4 - this has been a ticking bomb for at least 4 decades.

The governments base their pension, care, etc benefits in a very outdated schema and refused to update

Together with changes in society (2 salary families, for example), workers refuse to get in an dead end industry (I dont blame them), why are we surprised we are here now?

Calistemon

Phina

I said exactly the same about no bed rails up, I couldn’t get my head around it, I work in care and every fall a person has can have a big knock on affect I couldn’t believe how many times he had fallen out of bed poor chap, a crash mat and sensor mat to me is not a preventative.

Apparently it is against the person's human rights to use bed rails.
A relative of mine who has dementia and is in a very caring nursing home fell out of bed and was taken to hospital. When I asked about bed rails to prevent further falls that is what I was told, or that the person could injure themselves if they got tangled in the rails.

It sounds ridiculous but the staff are not allowed to use common sense sometimes.

You can use rails but you need a deprivation of liberties assessment (DOLS) I think getting one for my aunt took about six months. It isn't the homes fault.

Yes, I realise they are just abiding by the rules.
Thank you for the DOLS advice, I will pass it on.

Rules meaning someone with dementia can fall out of bed and perhaps break a hip.

They were both very good programmes. He certainly went into the care system and it's problems quite thoroughly and didn't shirk. It's a pity cabinet ministers can't have a couple of weeks working in the position of their lowliest minions to get a better perspective. (I do realise this wouldn't be applicable across all roles)

They should have a year, earning the same as carers do, getting to bed after 11pm, getting up before 6 for weeks on end.