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Calling abuse of older people 'hate crime' risks making things so much worse

Sarah Whitebloom

Oct 16, 20183 min read

Calling abuse of older people 'hate crime' risks making things so much worse

Older people are people. They are us. If we are serious about stopping such crime, we need to ask why they are such easy targets and do some

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Care company directors should be struck off for overseeing bad care

Sarah Whitebloom

Sep 28, 20181 min read

Care company directors should be struck off for overseeing bad care

Even well-funded private homes have been found guilty of providing too few staff – in a deliberate profit-related move.

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Authorities fail to notice serious care home failings - Worst Homes of Week

Sarah Whitebloom

May 20, 20185 min read

Authorities fail to notice serious care home failings - Worst Homes of Week

Concerns about the awareness and effectiveness of the authorities do not in any way excuse bad care

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Ministers must investigate 'serious' West Sussex failings over care of two injured disabled

Sarah Whitebloom

Apr 30, 20183 min read

Ministers must investigate 'serious' West Sussex failings over care of two injured disabled

Ms Keeley said: ‘This report is a damning account of serious multi-agency failure in the cases of Gary Lewis and Matthew Bates, for which no

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Older people need to be part of society. New 'hate' laws risk further alienating elderly -

Sarah Whitebloom

Apr 25, 20183 min read

Older people need to be part of society. New 'hate' laws risk further alienating elderly -

Older people need to be brought back into society - where they can be protected. New 'hate' laws would underline their marginal stat

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Warnings for weeks about crisis-hit Perranporth care home.

Sarah Whitebloom

Apr 24, 20183 min read

Warnings for weeks about crisis-hit Perranporth care home.

As of last autumn, Devon and Cornwall police had not prosecuted anyone for care abuse under the relevant act.

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Significant Safeguarding Concerns over three Sussex Healthcare homes as CQC slaps an 'Inadequat

Sarah Whitebloom

Apr 11, 20182 min read

Significant Safeguarding Concerns over three Sussex Healthcare homes as CQC slaps an 'Inadequat

Local authority says it has concerns over significant shortcomings as Inadequate notice slapped on Orchard Lodge

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Second death and police probe of abuse allegations send CQC teams into 'Good' care homes - a

Sarah Whitebloom

Feb 24, 20183 min read

Second death and police probe of abuse allegations send CQC teams into 'Good' care homes - a

Very very unsafe. Very scary

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FOREST CARE VILLAGE - WORST CARE HOME OF THE WEEK

Sarah Whitebloom

Feb 21, 20183 min read

FOREST CARE VILLAGE - WORST CARE HOME OF THE WEEK

Forest Care Village in Borehamwood was OLM’s unequalled Worst Care Home of the Week last week – not least because of a police...

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POLICE INVESTIGATE FOREST CARE VILLAGE DEATH - AS NEW ABUSE ALLEGATIONS SEND IN CQC TEAM

Sarah Whitebloom

Feb 16, 20184 min read

POLICE INVESTIGATE FOREST CARE VILLAGE DEATH - AS NEW ABUSE ALLEGATIONS SEND IN CQC TEAM

HERTFORDSHIRE police is investigating a death linked to Forest Care Village in Borehamwood, one of the UK’s biggest residential homes,...

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Sarah Whitebloom

Feb 16, 20184 min read

POLICE INVESTIGATE FOREST CARE VILLAGE DEATH - AS NEW ABUSE ALLEGATIONS SEND IN CQC TEAM

A damning CQC report this week reveals serious concerns over Forest Care Village in Borehamwood, where inspectors found a resident 'cryi

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Sarah Whitebloom

Jan 3, 20183 min read

WORST CARE AWARDS OF 2017

The Worst Care Provider of 2017 was Sussex Healthcare

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Police-probe Sussex Healthcare tries to overturn critical CQC ratings

Sarah Whitebloom

Nov 30, 20172 min read

Police-probe Sussex Healthcare tries to overturn critical CQC ratings

Since 2014, the CQC has overturned just 21 ratings given by inspectors - contrasting with 36,000 reports into adult care

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AN ABUSERS' CHARTER? POLICE ADMIT FAILURE TO PROSECUTE OVER HUNDREDS OF ABUSE CASES

Sarah Whitebloom

Nov 14, 20176 min read

AN ABUSERS' CHARTER? POLICE ADMIT FAILURE TO PROSECUTE OVER HUNDREDS OF ABUSE CASES

Freedom of Information requests to England's police show 13 forces have investigated fewer than 10 cases of elder abuse

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POLICE PROBE SUSSEX HEALTH CARE CONCERNS

Sarah Whitebloom

Jul 29, 20172 min read

POLICE PROBE SUSSEX HEALTH CARE CONCERNS

Investigators are looking at the safety of elderly and vulnerable residents in homes owned by Sussex Health Care, the care group led by an a

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