On the right track? A progress review of the human rights of older people in health and social care (August 2008)
A year ago a parliamentary committee produced a hard-hitting report on older people’s human rights in healthcare which put the issue high on the agenda and called for cultural change within service providing organisations. One year on Age Concern has produced its own report, reviewing the committee’s recommendations. Age Concern continues to receive shocking stories of mistreatment and abuse in hospitals and care homes, including older people being left to sit in their own excrement or denied food and water because the staff are too busy; being left naked in front of other patients; or being heavily sedated so they are easier to care for.
Report
A year ago a parliamentary committee produced a hard-hitting report on older people’s human rights in healthcare which put the issue high on the agenda and called for cultural change within service providing organisations. One year on Age Concern has produced its own report, reviewing the committee’s recommendations. Age Concern continues to receive shocking stories of mistreatment and abuse in hospitals and care homes, including older people being left to sit in their own excrement or denied food and water because the staff are too busy; being left naked in front of other patients; or being heavily sedated so they are easier to care for.
Report
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