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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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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Sarah Whitebloom
Sep 27, 20186 min read
Worst Care Homes part two: 'I wouldn’t put my Nan in here.'
There were never enough staff
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Sarah Whitebloom
Jul 17, 20184 min read
Abuse, allegations and anonymous tip-offs: CQC changed its mind after warnings. This week's Wors
Three care homes were branded 'Inadequate' by regulators last week - after concerns were raised by third parties.
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Sarah Whitebloom
Jun 25, 20183 min read
Care Homes get worse under CQC's gaze
"We are invisible" - said one care home resident
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Sarah Whitebloom
Jun 10, 20183 min read
West Sussex County Council refuses to say sorry for calling abuse-case relative 'obsessive'
Way to go WSCC. Who is giving you PR advice? The child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
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Sarah Whitebloom
Jun 1, 20183 min read
Wild West Sussex bans 'independent' Board sympathy for abuse-case families
In a series of emails seen by OLM, WSCC's tactics are laid bare - casting a shocking light on the council’s strategy of stone-walling th
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Sarah Whitebloom
May 11, 20183 min read
'Wild' West Sussex refuses to say sorry to abuse-case families for its mistakes
The report even questioned whether the case would have been handled differently had the men not had disabilities
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Sarah Whitebloom
May 2, 20182 min read
Cabinet Trio - Hunt, Javid and Brokenshire - urged to investigate Wild West Sussex care fiasco
What this case highlights is that injuries to adults with learning disabilities do not receive the same response.
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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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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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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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Sarah Whitebloom
Mar 31, 20182 min read
Mistreatment found by CQC during urgent whistle-blower investigation
Even while the CQC was at Westacre there were allegations of abusive behaviour
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Sarah Whitebloom
Mar 10, 20183 min read
One carer for 17 vulnerable residents - a new low in the Worst Homes of the Week?
Residents were found to be on the brink of malnutrition, neglected, in danger and ignored.
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Sarah Whitebloom
Mar 8, 20183 min read
Squalid, filthy and inhumane: another week in the life of Britain's care homes.
OLM is not making it up and we make no apology for highlighting the worst cases each week
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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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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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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
Feb 3, 20185 min read
A VERY UNHAPPY NEW YEAR SO FAR FOR CARE HOME RESIDENTS
Orchard Manor in Walsall was investigated after news of serious injuries
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