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Rachel Baker: accused care home manager 'misused patients' drugs'
Telegraph - 19-Mar-10
The former manager of Parklands Residential Care Home, on trial at Bristol Crown Court in relation to the deaths of two of the home's residents, has admitted that her drug addiction had clouded her thought and caused her to act out of character, though continues to assert that if she played a role in the residents' deaths it was not purposely done. read full article

Fulford residents object to Harlington House care home plan
York Press - 19-Mar-10
Members of the York community appear united against plans to construct a new residential home, having called a public meeting to discuss what action to take to stop the proposals being green lit, with particular concerns being related to an increase in traffic and the effect the development will have on surrounding buildings. read full article

Council defends 'scrutiny' over Bryneithin home
Barry Today - 19-Mar-10
The procedures involved in the decision to close Bryneithin care home, in the Vale of Glamorgan, which was defeated after a lengthy public and legal battle, are to come under scrutiny with opposition councillors taking the opportunity to throw some political punishment at the Conservative-run council. read full article

Councillors urged to throw out Aberdeen care home plans
The Press and Journal - 18-Mar-10
Proposals to construct a 92-home care development on green-belt land near Aberdeen have caused a number of complaints and the likely result of a rejected application, with the decision due to come before a council meeting next week. read full article

Care home plans would help dementia patients
Haverhill Echo - 18-Mar-10
Suffolk County Council are looking for public approval in the development of a new residential care home, on the site of a school that is due to close, with the need to provide more services for people suffering from dementia, whose numbers are expected to rise over the coming years. read full article

Devon care home sex abuse driver to appeal conviction
BBC - 18-Mar-10
A residential care employee, who received a 12-year jail sentence for sexually abusing disabled patients, will be allowed to appeal against his sentence at a London High Court, with the judge involved in the original trial admitting it had been a difficult care in many ways. read full article

'Care home didn't tell me my mother was missing until after she was found dead'
Bournemouth Echo - 18-Mar-10
The daughter of a deceased Bournemouth care home resident is unhappy with staff of Tender-Care Services for failing to inform her that her mother was missing; her mother was later found to have passed away in a nearby garden. read full article

Peers kill off 'shabby' home care plans
The Independent - 18-Mar-10
The House of Lords have shown very little enthusiasm for the Government's Personal Care at Home Bill, for which Gordon Brown has received criticism for trying to rush it through Parliament without a clear idea of how it could be financed, with one Liberal Democrat spokesman labelling it a cynical attempt to 'buy the votes of older people'. read full article

Sex abuse care home worker jailed
EDP24 - 18-Mar-10
A Great Yarmouth care worker, found guilty of the sex abuse of a 72-year-old resident who was also suffering from Alzheimer's, has received an eight-year jail sentence at Norwich Crown Court and will be placed on a sex offenders' register for life. read full article

County steps in to save home care services
The Whitehaven News - 17-Mar-10
The loss of private sector home care services in Cumbria should be covered by a recent Council vote to step in, after Closer2Home announced serious financial difficulty, meaning a series of rescue packages are under way for the elderly and sick people who were customers of the business. read full article