https://www.capacitysolutions.co.uk https://www.capacitysolutions.co.uk/elderly-broken-hearts95acecf0 <div> <img src="https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/aa8234fd/dms3rep/multi/Oldpeople-620x372.jpg" alt="" title=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <!--StartFragment--> Some encouraging news for a change. A senior family judge, Sir James Munby, has stated it is inhuman to separate elderly couples who have spent decades together, and stick them in different care homes. I hope social services pay attention because, as he points out, people really do die <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39868229"> “from what we colloquially call a broken heart”. </a> <br/> <br/> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/15/why-do-we-let-our-elderly-die-of-broken-hearts" target="_blank"> Read more </a> <!--EndFragment--> </p> </div> Mon, 15 May 2017 00:00:00 GMT duncanshaw@btinternet.com (Duncan Shaw) https://www.capacitysolutions.co.uk/elderly-broken-hearts95acecf0 thumbnail https://www.capacitysolutions.co.uk/DoLS-blogb31e8866 <div> <img src="https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/aa8234fd/dms3rep/multi/311edBOURNEMOUTH5-490x333.jpg" alt="" title=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <!--StartFragment--> </p> <p> People with dementia and learning difficulties are being detained in care without checks due to a 'failing' law, the Law Commission has said. </p> <p> It said a 2014 Supreme Court ruling that widened the definition of who was subject to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards had led to a rise in cases. </p> <p> Services cannot cope, deadlines were "routinely breached" and the system should be replaced, the body reported. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39248779" target="_blank"> Read more </a> </p> <!--EndFragment--> <p> </p> </div> Fri, 12 May 2017 00:00:00 GMT duncanshaw@btinternet.com (Duncan Shaw) https://www.capacitysolutions.co.uk/DoLS-blogb31e8866 thumbnail