“A care worker who ‘humiliated’ an 89-year-old dementia patient by taping his mouth shut and forcing him to lie on the floor was given a suspended jail sentence today.”
The Independent, 19th October 2009
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“A battle by one of Britain’s oldest women to stop the closure of her council-run care home failed at the court of appeal today.”
The Guardian, 7th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three pensioners involved in a £5m cannabis smuggling operation have been jailed.”
BBC News, 1st October 2009
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“The son of a 106-year-old woman threatened with eviction from her care home as part of local council cost cutting has pledged to take her fight to the European Court of Human Rights.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A 74-year-old man from Devon has been barred from speaking to anyone aged under 18 in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 8th September 2009
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“Police have been forced to apologise to a family and change domestic abuse policies after the murder of a 75-year-old woman.”
BBC News, 16th June 2009
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“Pressure is growing for a public inquiry into a series of deaths of elderly people at a hospital in Gosport, Hampshire, as a doctor faces the General Medical Council charged with giving patients excessive doses of the drug diamorphine.”
The Guardian, 8th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Questions remain after 92 elderly people died unexpectedly at the same Hampshire hospital, a story first highlighted by The IoS on 15 March.”
The Independent, 26th April 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An 85-year-old pensioner who regularly followed young boys into the toilets at St Paul’s Cathedral was told by a judge today he could remain free provided he did not spend too long in public lavatories.”
The Independent, 9th January 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The owners of an Oxford care home have been fined £80,000 following the death of an 82-year-old woman with dementia.”
BBC News, 9th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A pensioner is suing his local council for up to £50,000 after he was injured when an allegedly ‘inadequate’ walking frame it gave him snapped and cause him to fall and injure himself.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An 82-year-old rapist with dementia has avoided a jail sentence for an attack he committed in 1993 because of his diminished mental state.”
BBC News, 27th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A family doctor who lied ‘in a moment of panic’ after failing to visit a vulnerable pensioner before she died in a fire at her home has been spared jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An 83-year-old woman once described by a judge as a ‘neighbour from hell’ has won an appeal against an order banning her from living in her home.”
BBC News, 11th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A council has been heavily criticised by a watchdog for its treatment of a man with learning difficulties.”
BBC News, 12th November 2008
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“Campaigners failed today in a high court bid to force the government to spend more to end fuel poverty.”
The Guardian, 23rd October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Friends of the Earth and Help the Aged are awaiting the verdict of the landmark case against the Government, saying that Labour has failed in its promise to end fuel poverty for the vulnerable by 2010 and for all by 2016.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“New measures are being prepared to tackle the growing problem of family members who exploit elderly people by stealing their savings and pensions.”
The Times, 16th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two charities are taking the government to court because they say not enough is being done to tackle high energy bills.”
BBC News, 6th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An 82-year-old pensioner banned from her home after being handed a second antisocial behaviour order is set to appeal, her daughter has insisted.”
BBC News, 27th September 2008
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