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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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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
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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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
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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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
Jan 3, 20183 min read
WORST CARE AWARDS OF 2017
The Worst Care Provider of 2017 was Sussex Healthcare
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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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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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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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