Ref Gloucestershire social services moved a woman of 88 from her nursing home to save the council £12 a day. Her doctor warned the council that her life expectancy would be "considerably reduced" if she was moved. He was ignored.
and she subsequently died.

Comment on the care of the elderly in the uk .A misconception is that much of the care is private?However 80 % of the patients or residents are funded from taxation.When many of the beds were cut the greatest number came from the local authority services.Creating a opportunity for the private sector to profit from the bed losses.Some of the home owners move the use of their property from bed and breakfast to elderly care depending on profit.When some additional money £45 million became available for the most part it was diverted into the pockets of the home owners.

Much has been made of bed blocking a figure is given of 4000 by elderly residents but little is done of the 40,000 that are forced into elderly care homes each year incorrectly.Nor indeed is there much comment or action of the 100,000 stroke patients each year.

Inspite of a Royal Commission on elderly care little has been done.The care in the community improvement programme has been ditched.To add insult to injury it has been recently found that many elderly people have been charged incorrectly.After much hot air in the 1970s it could be argued that elderly care has not moved further a inch.Is the truth that no body cares very much?
Yours sincerely
Patrick