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Mrs J and the Mystery Bristol Care Home

There is a story on the Community Care website this morning about an ombudsman’s report relating a woman, Mrs J, who was placed in a care home in Bristol. lovestruck@flickr This was a care home which was not only rated ‘poor’ or had no stars under the...

Published 21 Jun 2011 6:34 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, older people, dementia, work, mental health, old age, politics, elderly, long-term care, carer, csci, local government, Home Care, nursing home, Commission for Social Care Inspection, personal, Care Quality Commission, Standard of care, bristol, care homes in bristol, Local Government Ombudsman
Britain’s Homecare Scandal

I saw Panorama last night. It was an undercover report into the poor state of home care services provided to elderly people in their own homes by a few private companies. I wish I could say some of the findings surprised me, but they didn’t. Some of the...

Published 10 Apr 2009 5:41 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, older people, work, local authority, old age, elderly, uk, health, csci, direct payments, local government, Home Care, Commission for Social Care Inspection, Care Quality Commission, cqc, panorama, home care agency, domiciliary care, poor home care, bbc1
DoLs, IMHAs and CQC

Lots of jargon and initials today. I should apologise in advance but they are certainly new phrases and words that will be becoming ever more familiar. Sidelong @ flickr As, 1 April 2009 sees the implementation of three new nuggets of legislation which...

Published 1 Apr 2009 7:06 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, work, mental health, MCA, long-term care, Mental Health Act Commission, National Health Service, Commission for Social Care Inspection, England, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Healthcare Commission, Best Interests Assessor, Care Quality Commission, cqc, imha, independent mental health advocate
Crown Cleared

I saw on the BBC that the Crown Nursing Home in Harwell was cleared of the responsibility of the death of eight of the residents in January. As I was so quick to condemn, it’s only right that I raise this again. I wrote about it previously here. I want...

Published 20 Mar 2009 5:15 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, older people, work, old age, elderly, long-term care, uk, health, Southern Cross Healthcare Group, BBC, Commission for Social Care Inspection, Oxfordshire County Council, hanwell, Care Quality Commission, Oxfordshire, crown residential home
Frozen Reading

So I honestly hoped I wouldn’t have to return here, but another Southern Cross Care Home is in the news after a 97 year old woman died last week at the River View Care Centre near Reading as is reported in the Daily Mail. People die in care homes...

Published 12 Feb 2009 6:24 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, older people, dementia, work, local authority, old age, elderly, long-term care, health, Home Care, Southern Cross, Commission for Social Care Inspection, England, southern cross healthcare
On Inspection

The Commission for Social Care Inspection have a system of rating residential and nursing homes. I have written about it before. I possibly didn’t state obliquely how cynical I have become of this system even though the cynicism was always there...

Published 11 Oct 2008 5:06 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, older people, work, local authority, elderly, long-term care, uk, health, residential home, csci, nursing home, Commission for Social Care Inspection, England, cmht, inspections by csci, registered residential home, Care of residents, cpn, Inspection
Rated Good

The Commission for Social Care Inspection inspect and rate every registered care home in England - as well as every agency that provides care for others. The website provides access to inspection reports on every facility in England - both announced inspections...

Published 29 Sep 2008 6:10 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: residential care, social care, social work, work, learning disability, long-term care, health, csci, nursing home, Commission for Social Care Inspection, England, victoria house darlington, advocacy in darlington, winnie care, victoria house, Darlington
Alton Centre - a further update

I do feel obliged to update on the Alton Centre run by Active Care - a subsidiary of Southern Cross - just as I have been following the story. Active Care won their appeal against closure yesterday and it is reported in the local Northamptonshire Evening...

Published 7 Sep 2008 12:20 PM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, work, learning disability, local authority, long-term care, health, csci, Southern Cross, Commission for Social Care Inspection, active care, northamptonshire, Alton Centre, care standards tribunal, norwyn cole
Second Sight in Risk Assessment

I came across this story yesterday which was published in the Rye and Battle Observer about a 92 year old man who hanged himself because he was unable to cope at home and had been told he might not be placed in a residential home although he had asked...

Published 1 Aug 2008 6:25 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, older people, work, old age, long-term care, health, carer, csci, United Kingdom, respite care, Commission for Social Care Inspection, risk assessment, risk

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