Last year the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) published ‘Close to Home: An inquiry into older people and human rights in home care’.
It should have been a wakeup call published in the wake of the collapse of care homes for the elderly, most notoriously Southern Cross.
The EHRC seeks to put human rights at the centre of adult care with a strong emphasis on enabling older people to live independently whenever possible within their own home.
As a rule I don’t set my alarm on Sunday. I enjoy listening to the radio and generally moving at a slower pace than normal. Last Sunday started well but rapidly went downhill as I listened to the news.
The top story was a report of Scotland’s most senior Catholic cleric objecting to the possible new right of same sex couples to marry. This outburst precedes a government consultation so I fear there is more nonsense to come about the sanctity of heterosexual marriage.
The first is the TUC March for the Alternative, 26 March when half a million people demonstrated against the coalition government’s austerity measures. The second date is last week’s TUC Day of Action, 30 November.
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