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Sarah Whitebloom
Apr 6, 20182 min read
Holy Smoke. Saints do not necessarily preserve us when it comes to care homes
There are 108 homes with names beginning Abbe and Abbot and some 39 per cent of these 'require improvement' or are even 'inadequ
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Sarah Whitebloom
Mar 24, 20184 min read
'Dirty Dozen' care homes unsafe - elderly kept in bed 20 hours a day for lack of staff
Elderly kept in bed 20 hours a day because of lack of staff
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Sarah Whitebloom
Mar 18, 20184 min read
Homes branded 'Inadequate' by CQC still given glowing website reports by big care groups
The delivery of care was reliant on individual members of the staff...not based on good leadership
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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 28, 20181 min read
Choosing care one of life's most stressful experiences? Check out OLM's Top 10 tips
OLM was set up to help people struggling with the problems associated old age. Few are as difficult as choosing a care home or a carer -...
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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 12, 20183 min read
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
Feb 4, 20181 min read
SCANDAL OF BRITAIN'S UNSAFE CARE HOMES - 1 IN 8 NEVER 'GOOD' DESPITE CHARGING UP TO £215
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-5348457/One-eight-care-homes-shamed-watchdog.html One in eight care homes in England has...
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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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Sarah Whitebloom
Jan 19, 20184 min read
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
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
Dec 13, 20172 min read
WORST CARE OF THE YEAR - FOUR FIRMS AND 14 'INADEQUATE' HOMES NOMINATED FOR AWAR
The standard is particularly low this year, with many of the homes receiving multiple negative reports and all sitting on a current 'Ina
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Sarah Whitebloom
Dec 10, 20175 min read
CONSUMER THREAT TO CARE INDUSTRY, DRUNK ON POOR HOMES
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/news/article-5163075/Care-homes-face-legal-action-failing-provide-care.html Britain’s care home industry...
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Sarah Whitebloom
Dec 6, 20174 min read
OLM's WORST CARE HOMES OF THE WEEK: TREETOPS, EPPING; BUPA'S GREENGABLES AND ROSEBE
In terms of worst care homes, Treetops in Epping has few rivals. It was so bad that it has closed and makes an appearance in this week’s...
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Sarah Whitebloom
Dec 2, 20172 min read
LET'S SEE THEM IN COURT: CMA OPENS DOOR TO LEGAL ACTION OVER SUBSTANDARD CARE
In the United States, precisely this argument has been used legally to force care home owners to provide a decent service
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Sarah Whitebloom
Dec 1, 20172 min read
Care homes are unfair says the CMA: Is anyone surprised?
Care home groups are good at demanding more money but are not always so good at delivering good care - at any price
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