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Exposed: The home carers who just couldn't care less..

Postby wendy » 09 Nov 2015, 08:11

Once again difficult for the unpaid family carer and this will make people even more confused.




Exposed: The home carers who just couldn't care less...investigation reveals a third of home-care providers fail to meet even basic standards

A total of 424 out of 1,357 services across England have received 'inadequate' or 'needs improvement' ratings
Dementia victim died from scalding bath as her live-in carer was sleeping
Carer with 15 clients persuaded a cancer patient to fake attendance log

By Sophie Goodchild and Stephanie Condron for The Mail on Sunday

Published: 22:21, 7 November 2015 | Updated: 01:05, 8 November 2015

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... z3qyojhxOY
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Re: Exposed: The home carers who just couldn't care less..

Postby annie » 09 Nov 2015, 08:53

Very worrying
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Re: Exposed: The home carers who just couldn't care less..

Postby daisy » 09 Nov 2015, 11:30

Really sad to read this article which unfortunately could apply to any part of the country.
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Re: Exposed: The home carers who just couldn't care less..

Postby maureenho » 09 Nov 2015, 11:38

And the care agency bosses don't give a hoot when a client complain about these unscrupulous people.
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Re: Exposed: The home carers who just couldn't care less..

Postby JaneJ » 10 Nov 2015, 20:15

It's awful
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Postby Rosalind » 11 Nov 2015, 00:21

It is terrible.
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Postby debzsanderson » 11 Nov 2015, 14:01

Terrible
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