care in the uk - a disgrace

[brogdale]

This emergency lock down is bringing extra media scrutiny to the area of care and the practical, polical funding disconnect between NHS and care.

They are talking about social care on r4 this morning, questions about the difficulties and the true number of deaths in care homes. Some calling for the sector to be represented by a cabinet minister - no one asking why the hell it isn't already?

Worse than that; it is 'represented' by one of the tories most ineffective ministers in Helen Whately. Before becoming an MP she was worked as a 'consultant' for McKinsey farmed out to trusts to accelerate privatised out-sourcing to her corporate clients.

 

[StoneRoad]

Beeb report covering this ^^^^

Coronavirus: Older people being 'airbrushed' out of virus figures

Charities voice concern for care home residents and call for daily updates on virus deaths in the system.

www.bbc.co.uk

Being something of a cynic where "official" statistics are concerned ...

We know that covid-19 disproportionately affects the elderly, so one could suspect that the very elderly are not being tested / admitted to hospital ( as many have DNRs anyway ). [To reduce the figures]
Someone has made a triage style decision (probably unofficially) that treating frail elderly without family backup to insist is effectively wasting a scare resource ...
And as a result of what had better be downright carelessness / ignorance in the early stages ( pre-lockdown ) corona infections got into the care home system ...

 

[snowy_again]

Should be noted that 1 in 5 people living in social care are under 65 years old; it’s not just an ‘older persons’ issue.

 

[brogdale]

Worse than that; it is 'represented' by one of the tories most ineffective ministers in Helen Whately. Before becoming an MP she was worked as a 'consultant' for McKinsey farmed out to trusts to accelerate privatised out-sourcing to her corporate clients.

Latest car crash interview from Whately:

Morgan slams minister for 'laughing' in care home virus deaths row

 

[GarveyLives]

This is 47-yeaar old Karen Kersey-Smith, a social worker from Gwersyllt, Wrexham, employed by Cheshire West and Chester Council ...

... on 4 June 2020, she was sentenced to 28 months' imprisonment at Liverpool Crown Court having pleaded guilty to stealing a total £90,328.95 from three elderly or vulnerable people who were under her care.

She claimed that the majority of the money that she stole was put into charity boxes, but admitted that she had spent £4,275 on a holiday for a family of five in Gran Canaria, and had put a deposit on a £6,480 family trip to Florida, as well as spending thousands of pounds on her own groceries, before she was detected.

She claimed that she had sought to "make amends" by helping others in the community, and had most recently been helping with food distribution during the coronavirus pandemic.

Two of her three victims – who were two women aged 92 and 86, and a man in his 60s with dementia - had died prior to her being brought to justice.

None of her victims or their families have been reimbursed.

 

[GarveyLives]

Thousands of people in UK care homes have died during the current Covid-19 pandemic - here is the government minister responsible for the sector, Helen Olivia Bicknell Whately, Minister of State at the Department of Health and Social Care:

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[Shechemite]

This is 47-yeaar old Karen Kersey-Smith, a social worker from Gwersyllt, Wrexham, employed by Cheshire West and Chester Council ...

... on 4 June 2020, she was sentenced to 28 months' imprisonment at Liverpool Crown Court having pleaded guilty to stealing a total £90,328.95 from three elderly or vulnerable people who were under her care.

She claimed that the majority of the money that she stole was put into charity boxes, but admitted that she had spent £4,275 on a holiday for a family of five in Gran Canaria, and had put a deposit on a £6,480 family trip to Florida, as well as spending thousands of pounds on her own groceries, before she was detected.

She claimed that she had sought to "make amends" by helping others in the community, and had most recently been helping with food distribution during the coronavirus pandemic.

Two of her three victims – who were two women aged 92 and 86, and a man in his 60s with dementia - had died prior to her being brought to justice.

None of her victims or their families have been reimbursed.

scum

 

[Shechemite]

You know, if the Left wanted to make themselves more populist (and popular) they would make a lot more noise about violence and abuse within the NHS and social care.

Like slavery there are some whom the law treats less than fully human

DOMINIC LAWSON: Over recent days, reports have appeared of those with learning disabilities in hospitals being assigned Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) notices - simply on the grounds of their disability.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Shechemite]

The deaths of people with a learning disability England and Wales - in care settings alone - was up by 134% compared to the same period in 2019. This is a conservative estimate.

This is four times higher than for the general population.

Rhetoric Versus Reality: How Britain Treats People with Disabilities

Alain Catzeflis explores the impact of Conservative ideology, austerity and the Coronavirus on people who the Government claims it wants to protect and support

bylinetimes.com

 

[treelover]

So, where are the allies that other groups have in abundance?

 

[Shechemite]

So, where are the allies that other groups have in abundance?

Politically? As likely to be found on the right as on the left. Family values and all that

 

[Shechemite]

Politically? As likely to be found on the right as on the left. Family values and all that

for example

Mum whose autistic son has been held in solitary confinement for three years in desperate plea for help

Sharon Clarke's son has spent three and a half years in segregation - but she argues he needs a package of care in the community.

news.sky.com

and

Julie Newcombe: Hancock must aid the pandemic's forgotten victims. The hundreds of autistic people detained in secure units. | Conservative Home

Is the sequestering, incarceration and forgetting of these vulnerable children and young adults any better than in Georgian and Victorian times?

www.conservativehome.com

Too gammony for the radicals

 

[GarveyLives]

It is very sad to read of such a series of events - both of the elderly couple have now died:

Elderly man suffers after council splits him from his wife

 

[hash tag]

Thats so sad and just shit. I wish i hadnt read that just before hitting the sack.

 

[8115]

Important judgement.

Tribunal awards 10 UK homecare workers £10,000 each in back pay

Ruling says travel and waiting time between cases should be treated as working time

www.theguardian.com

 

[hash tag]

That is great news and could be of great benefit to other carers. The problem is that in normal times care is very under funded and will be even more stretched with covid.

 

[hash tag]

How can any self respecting human being possibly allow this to happen
BBC News - Care home resident had bruises and maggot-infested sore

Care home resident had bruises and maggot-infested sore

A bruise also found on the grandfather's neck was "consistent with a hand mark", a review says.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Shechemite]

Five arrested over child sex offences dating back 40 years

Four men from Northamptonshire and one from Bradford are held over offences dating back 40 years.

www.bbc.com

 

[Shechemite]

Hospital staff held cloth over elderly patient's head

Nursing staff ordered security to restrain a 77-year-old man on 19 occasions in order to treat him.

www.bbc.com

 

[Shechemite]

Fat cat health operators are milking the old, sick and disabled

These private equity barons and hedge fund tycoons see old folks sliding into dementia and teenagers in mental torment as cash cows

inews.co.uk

 

[LeytonCatLady]

In answer to the OP, no I would not! I had to explain that to a jobsworth at the DWP in 2016 when they tried to book me onto an open day for a zero-hour "opportunity". I explained in the nicest possible way that the reason I've chosen not to have children is because I know myself well enough to know that I'm not cut out for mopping up other people's bodily fluids all day. She gave a judgmental gasp and said "But one day you might need someone to do that for you!" Well exactly, and I'd rather know that the person doing that job was doing it because they genuinely wanted to, not because they've been forced into it under threat of having their only money taken away. And how is that argument any less silly than saying "But your mum gave birth to you, so shouldn't you do that for someone?" She tried to protest that as a woman I'd be naturally good at it because women are more caring, which resulted in me putting in a complaint about her sexist attitude. The Jobcentre wrote back and promised me I'd never have to deal with her again, which I didn't.

 

[Shechemite]

Out of sight – who cares?: Restraint, segregation and seclusion review - Care Quality Commission

This report looks at the use of restraint, seclusion and segregation in care services for people with a mental health condition, a learning disability or autistic people.

www.cqc.org.uk

 

[Shechemite]

CQC report: Care of people with learning disabilities 'inhumane'

Physical restraint is part of the culture in some specialist hospitals, a care regulator finds.

www.bbc.com

 

[Shechemite]

Hertfordshire council and care firm warned over dead man's 'breakfast'

A carer claimed falsely claimed to have fed the man, who had died during the night, a report says.

www.bbc.com

 

[Shechemite]

'Inhuman' use of restraint on disabled patients

Every 15 minutes, an inpatient with learning disabilities is restrained, new data shows.

www.bbc.com

 

[Shechemite]

Essex Health Trust admits care failures in deaths of patients

The Essex Partnership Trust accepted safety failures allowed patients to take their own lives.

www.bbc.com

 

[Shechemite]

Covid deaths for people with learning disability in England six times average

Campaigners say report on first wave shows government failed to protect the most vulnerable

www.theguardian.com

 

[Shechemite]

‘It felt like a prison’: Teenager reveals traumatic time on private Bristol mental health ward - The Bristol Cable

Paige speaks out about her experience of the ward at the privately-run Priory Hospital Bristol a year before it closed down.

thebristolcable.org

 

[Shechemite]

 

[Shechemite]

Investigations begin after woman with significant learning difficulties was raped and is pregnant

Police and social services bosses have begun investigations after a woman with “significant” learning difficulties who requires constant supervision was raped and made pregnant. Detail of the case has emerged

careappointments.com