| Human rights judgement due in care home case
The Law Lords are giving judgment today on a bid to bring the protection of human rights laws to elderly people living in private care homes. Six months ago, the Court of Appeal rejected the argument that a private care home is exercising a public function when it looks after people referred to it by a local authority. The appeal judges said they were bound by previous rulings that a private care home could not be classified as a public body. Up to 300,000 other residents throughout the country could be affected by the case, which centres on an 83-year-old Alzheimer's patient threatened with eviction from a private care home. Her legal team has sought a ruling from the House of Lords that she can stay in the home because to move her would violate her human right to family life. The patient, identified only as YL, has lived at the care home since January last year when she was placed there by her local authority, Birmingham City Council.
USA Today Series Examines Issues Important to Caregivers for the ...
June 25, 2007- USA Today on Monday published several articles on issues related to elder care as part of a five-day series. Headlines and summaries appear below. Below are also links to ABC News reports on some of the USA Today reports. ● "Becoming 'Parent of Your Parent' an Emotionally Wrenching Process": "Caring for elderly parents ... can threaten the emotional health," as well as the physical health, of caregivers and their families, USA Today reports (Fetterman [1], USA Today, 6/25). ● "Elder Care Shifting Away From Nursing Homes": A "shift away from institutionalized care is growing" among adult children who care for their elderly parents because of "the growth of less-restrictive types of care," such as assisted-living facilities and supervised adult day care, USA Today reports (Block, USA Today, 6/25).
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