Find out about Charles’ story
Today charities Age UK and Equally Ours are launching a new film called ‘His name is Charles’ to highlight the increasing number of older people who are reporting physical abuse and neglect. The film ...
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Protection for elderly residents
Sadly, once again, following on from the recent BBC ‘Winterbourne View’ expose by BBC Panorama, which revealed two more appalling lots of cruel neglect and brutal abuse meted out this time to extremel ...
Care home worker jailed for assault
A female carer who pinned a 90-year-old dementia sufferer to the ground and hit him repeatedly in the face at a care home has been jailed for two years and eight months. Suzanne Edmondson, 49, was spo ...
Don’t suffer in silence
More than 500,000 older people experience abuse each year – with the majority suffering in silence, a report has found. Nearly 90 per cent of elderly victims never reach the attention of adult protect ...