Category Archives: ELDERLY UK POLICY

“Neglect Shames Britain” – 5

Posted on June 7, 2011 by john graham

Headlines in the Daily Mail again on the subject of the inhumane treatment of the elderly in NHS hospitals – “Elderly patients dying of thirst“. This is a continuation of a campaign started nearly six months ago under the front … Continue reading →

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Southern Cross card game televised. 6

Posted on June 3, 2011 by john graham

  The Southern Cross card game is now being watched by millions on TV.  The Chairman was forced to come out into the public gaze and submit to an inquisition by John Snow on Channel 4 News. Meanwhile, the newspapers … Continue reading →

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“A Public Inconvenience”

Posted on May 25, 2011 by john graham

Bladder weakness is a cause of great inconvenience and embarrassment to many elderly people.  It often limits their ability to go out because of the difficulty of finding a public toilet when you need one.  The fact that Local Authorities … Continue reading →

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“A Die-Lemma”

Posted on May 6, 2011 by john graham

Dying is not a subject most people want to contemplate.  It engenders sad emotions and fearful prospects.  Nonetheless, it is a subject which we will all have to face more frequently as our population ages. What prompted me to write … Continue reading →

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“A Questionable Bonus”

Posted on April 20, 2011 by john graham

Generally, as I have commented on in my “Submission to the Dilnot Commission” dated 6 February 2011, I am strongly in favour of a radical change in NHS care of the elderly.  I am less sure about the changeover from … Continue reading →

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“Free Bus Pass Deception”

Posted on April 10, 2011 by john graham

In July last year, at the time when the Coalition Government was contemplating lots of different ideas on how to approach the cuts, one of the ideas they floated was to remove free bus passes from pensioners.  At the time … Continue reading →

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” The £140 Pension Illusion” 3

Posted on April 1, 2011 by john graham

Is this a cruel April 1st joke ?   I first started writing about this subject back in October last year when the pensions minister Steve Webb anounced a headline grabbing huge 40%rise in the state pension.      More recently on the … Continue reading →

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“Longevity – Burden or Blessing ? “

Posted on March 23, 2011 by john graham

Almost a year ago on the 7th April 2010, I wrote a blog entitled “How did we become such a burden?”  It was sub-titled “unravelling the demographic and economic clash”.  According to a report by the National Institute of Economic … Continue reading →

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“The £140 Pension Illusion” 2

Posted on March 20, 2011 by john graham

Back in October 2010, I first wrote very scathingly about the announcement by Steve Webb, the Pensions Minister of a huge increase in the basic State pension.   Recently an article in The Times suggests that it may not be such … Continue reading →

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“Age UK – Agenda for Life 2011”

Posted on March 10, 2011 by john graham

On Tuesday of this week I went to the Annual Conference of the two organisations that were formerly called “Help the Aged” and “Age Concern”.  It wasn’t long before I was thinking I had stepped into a parallel universe – … Continue reading →

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