Council criticised over care saga – BBC News
“A council has been heavily criticised by a watchdog for its treatment of a man with learning difficulties.”
BBC News, 12th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: care homes
Elderly in private care homes win better rights – Daily Telegraph
“Pensioners and their families will benefit from a new complaints system and tougher inspections for their homes.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Woman, 101, loses care home fight – BBC News
“A 101-year-old woman has lost her fight to stay at a Teesside care home where she is the sole resident.”
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BBC News, 8th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
101-year-old to appeal care home decision – Daily Telegraph
“A 101-year-old woman, the sole remaining resident in an old people’s home due for closure, will ask permission to appeal against a judge’s ruling that she had to move.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Family forced to sell home to pay care home fees awarded £100,000 – Daily Telegraph
“A family who were forced to sell their father’s home to pay for his care home fees have been awarded £100,000 in compensation.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Authority failed to stop abuse at sheltered home – The Guardian
“A local authority was found guilty of maladministration yesterday for failing to stop persistent abuse of people at a sheltered housing scheme that was ‘run like Colditz’.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Nursing home killer gets 24 years – BBC News
“A man who admitted murdering two women in a Leicester nursing home has been sentenced to life in prison and told he will serve a minimum of over 24 years.”
BBC News, 31st July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Trust fined over man’s bath death – BBC News
“A mental health trust has been fined £25,000 after the death of an elderly man who was scalded in a bath filled with 95C water at a respite home.”
BBC News, 30th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Nurses sentenced over fit death – BBC News
“Two nurses who failed to help a woman during a fit lasting over two hours have received suspended jail terms.”
BBC News, 22nd May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Called into battle – The Guardian
“Yvonne Hossack has become a hate figure for the establishment, but the fearless solicitor risking bankruptcy to challenge cuts and closure of care services tells David Brindle how she is driven on by ‘a more ancient set of laws’.”
The Guardian, 21st May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Law changed to protect elderly people paying for own care – The Guardian
“The government will extend the Human Rights Act to protect up to 300,000 people who have been placed by local authorities in privately-run residential and nursing homes, the Guardian can reveal.”
The Guardian, 27th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Welsh Ministers v Care Standards Tribunal and Another – Times Law Reports
Welsh Ministers v Care Standards Tribunal and Another
Queen’s Bench Division
“Although an individual’s registration as manager of a care home had to be related to a specific establishment or agency, it was not necessarily the case that appeals to the Care Standards Tribunal, where the premises had ceased to be available, should be struck out.”
The Times, 29th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Woman, 94, died from neglect – The Times
“A frail 94-year-old pensioner who looked ‘like a concentration camp victim’ just weeks after being taken into a care home died of neglect, an investigation has ruled.”
The Times, 15th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Welsh Ministers v Care Standards Tribunal and another – WLR Daily
Welsh Ministers v Care Standards Tribunal and another [2008] WLR (D) 8
“The registration of an individual as a manager under Part II of the Care Standards Act 2000 had to relate to a specific establishment or agency. It was not necessarily the case however that all appeals to the Care Standards Tribunal concerning applications for registration as a manager where the premises in question had ceased to be available to the applicant should be struck out as being misconceived or having no reasonable prospect of success.”
WLR Daily, 25th January 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note: once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Get tough drive to improve care homes for elderly that fail to offer quality service – The Guardian
“The government will today tell local authorities to use their purchasing power to drive out of business any care home proprietor who fails to provide older people with a quality service, delivered with dignity and respect.”
The Guardian, 4th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jain and Another v Trent Strategic Health Authority – Times Law Reports
Jain and Another v Trent Strategic Health Authority
Court of Appeal
“The risk of harm to the residents of registered homes outweighed the economic interests of the registered home proprietor.”
The Times, 30th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note: the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication
Jain and Another v Trent Strategic Health Authority – WLR Daily
Jain and Another v. Trent Strategic Health Authority
“The registration authority, in applying to a magistrate for an order for the cancellation of the registration of a nursing home under s 30 of the Registered Homes Act 1984, owed no duty of care at common law to the proprietor.”
WLR Daily, 23rd November 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Dementia widow wins fight to recover nursing home costs – The Times
“A dementia sufferer has won a landmark High Court battle to force the NHS to pay her nursing home fees.”
The Times, 22nd November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Care home owners to fight Human Rights Act – Daily Telegraph
“Care home owners are expected to defend their right to evict residents and maintain profits.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Means testing for elderly to be ended – The Independent
“Means testing that has forced thousands of elderly people to sell their family homes to pay for their care in old age could be ended with a forthcoming Government Green Paper.”
The Independent, 11th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
