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Inadequate care at three luxury homes owned by high-end care providers Barchester, HC-One and Bupa
YOU can’t always get what you want, as the song goes. But when it comes to the worst three corporate care homes this month, frail and...
Sarah Whitebloom
Nov 27, 20184 min read
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CCTV Care Home shuts as Cameras fail to protect Vulnerable Residents in Rodent-Infested Conditions.
The fact that such an appallingly bad home boasted a CCTV system will raise questions about the benefits of cameras
Sarah Whitebloom
Nov 24, 20185 min read
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Hoorah and Hooray for the CMA: Crackdown on unfair practices heralds care industry revolution for co
The CMA makes clear, what you say must be true and accurate
Sarah Whitebloom
Nov 16, 20184 min read
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Worst Care Homes of the Week: routine mistreatment of older people is abuse
Official reports describe a profit-driven casual indifference on the part of care homes bent on maximising revenue rather than providing car
Sarah Whitebloom
Nov 8, 20184 min read
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One person was woken up by having a banana forced into their mouth - another week of 'care'
Another person was woken up by staff shouting their name in their face.
Sarah Whitebloom
Oct 24, 20184 min read
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Care homes unsafe with lack of staff, says CQC...Try paying a decent wage.
"There is not enough staff here. I feel it's unsafe and an accident waiting to happen"
Sarah Whitebloom
Oct 13, 20184 min read
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Don't mention the 'Inadequate' report! Unsafe homes play down bad CQC ratings
CQC moves to restrict admissions at two Midlands care homes but company websites appear reluctant to reveal new bad rating
Sarah Whitebloom
Oct 5, 20183 min read
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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.
Sarah Whitebloom
Sep 28, 20181 min read
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Worst Care Part Three: Do regulators care more about older people than those with disabilities?
The reports are equally bad. Why is the home for older people closed while the one for people with disabilities is left open?
Sarah Whitebloom
Sep 27, 20182 min read
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Worst Care Homes part two: 'I wouldn’t put my Nan in here.'
There were never enough staff
Sarah Whitebloom
Sep 27, 20186 min read
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Worst Care Homes Part One
Almost all have been labelled unsafe by the regulator
Sarah Whitebloom
Sep 27, 20183 min read
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Why We Need to Register Care Staff
An excellent and committed senior carer, once said to me about some staff on her team: ‘They have no pride in their work. They just don’t ca
Sarah Whitebloom
Aug 17, 20183 min read
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Care Regulator plays catch-up as vulnerable people at risk in unsafe homes
A shocking litany of injuries, abuse, police investigations - even deaths - is contained in recent reports by England’s care regulator....
Sarah Whitebloom
Aug 12, 20184 min read
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Big and Small, private and corporate: Worst Care Homes of the Week
The Chase Care Centre in Watford must be one of the biggest homes in the country - it was given an 'Inadequate' rating last week
Sarah Whitebloom
Jul 24, 20183 min read
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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.
Sarah Whitebloom
Jul 17, 20184 min read
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Best care homes of the week: Wisteria House, Plymstock and Cumnor Hill House.
The rating confounds claims from the industry that it is not possible to provide excellent care at reasonable prices
Sarah Whitebloom
Jul 2, 20181 min read
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Paraded naked, bedding covered in faeces, dressed in torn clothing: shocking report on North London
'You work hard all your life and end up in a place like this.'
Sarah Whitebloom
Jun 30, 20184 min read
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Care Homes get worse under CQC's gaze
"We are invisible" - said one care home resident
Sarah Whitebloom
Jun 25, 20183 min read
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Failing the Mum test: Priory Group's Knottingley home slammed in CQC report
In a truly upsetting report, the Knottingley-based home is seen as desperately short of staff.
Sarah Whitebloom
Jun 15, 20183 min read
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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?
Sarah Whitebloom
Jun 10, 20183 min read
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