CQC refuses to say if known unsafe care homes have been at the centre of Covid-19 outbreaks.
Even though CQC inspectors have said these homes are substandard, and sometimes have been for years, they are home to many thousands of olde
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Sarah Whitebloom
- Oct 16, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 1 min
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
- Jun 10, 2018
- 3 min
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
- May 11, 2018
- 2 min
The CMA can act over scandal of fees for bad care homes - but you must complain
So problems on a postcard to the CMA
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Sarah Whitebloom
- May 11, 2018
- 3 min
'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, 2018
- 2 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 2 min
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
- Feb 21, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 4 min
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, 2018
- 4 min
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 12, 2018
- 3 min
DANGEROUS, DIRTY AND FULL OF SH**. CALDERDALE RETREAT, BOWBRIDGE COURT AND THE OLD VICARAGE, DONCAST
Residents terrified of physical attack, horrifying degradation and neglect and, in the week an elderly man died in a care home fire,...
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Sarah Whitebloom
- Jan 19, 2018
- 4 min
ONE IN EIGHT CARE HOMES HAS NEVER HAD A 'GOOD' CQC REPORT
The CQC's 'Blacklist' reveals the widespread extent o substandard care in English residential homes.
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Sarah Whitebloom
- Nov 28, 2017
- 3 min
ANOTHER TERRIBLE WEEK FOR CARE. Third in a row 'worst home of the week' for high-end provide
For the third week in a row, Barchester Healthcare is owner one of OLM’s worst care homes of the week. Barchester, one of the UK’s...
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Sarah Whitebloom
- Nov 14, 2017
- 6 min
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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Sarah Whitebloom
- Jul 29, 2017
- 2 min
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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