Austrian hospital amputates elderly patient’s wrong leg in ‘tragic mistake’ blamed on human error

Austrian hospital accidentally amputates the wrong LEG of patient, 82, and must now remove the correct limb as well in ‘tragic mistake’ blamed on human error 82-year-old male patient was being treated at Freistadt Clinic in north Austria His left leg was to be amputated but doctors realised their mistake two days later The hospital … Read more

Young carer describes the daily reality for the elderly betrayed by our creaking social care system

For five years, Sumia Hussain, 26, has worked as an agency carer, providing for the personal needs of her clients as well as preparing their meals, often feeding them and doing light housework.  Here, Sumia describes in heartbreaking detail a recent typical shift. As the Mail backs the Alzheimer’s Society’s call to end the social … Read more

Dementia care shame as crisis-hit system can’t protect elderly patients

Tens of thousands of dementia sufferers are being rushed to hospital every year because of shocking failings in England’s social care system. Emergency admissions of people with dementia soared by 27 per cent over four years because inadequate social care leaves them unprotected from infections, falls and dehydration. An investigation launched by the Alzheimer’s Society to … Read more

Dementia care shame as crisis-hit system can’t protect elderly patients

Tens of thousands of dementia sufferers are being rushed to hospital every year because of shocking failings in England’s social care system. Emergency admissions of people with dementia soared by 27 per cent over four years because inadequate social care leaves them unprotected from infections, falls and dehydration. An investigation launched by the Alzheimer’s Society to … Read more

Elderly black cleaner at Catholic boys’ school wins £6,280 payout over ‘voodoo’ comment

A cleaner at a Catholic boys’ school has won a £6,280 payout after a colleague made a racist remark about her ‘using voodoo’. Annmarie Jenkins-Hurrell, an elderly black woman of West Indian origin, was subjected to the ‘degrading and offensive’ remark from a caretaker at The Campion School, in Hornchurch, London.  An employment tribunal heard … Read more

Moment police arrest elderly preacher, 71, in street for quoting ‘homophobic statements from Bible’ 

Moment police arrest elderly preacher, 71, in the street for quoting ‘homophobic statements from The Bible’ Police say they received complaints that homophobic language was being used Met said a man was arrested on suspicion of a public order offence in Uxbridge Video shows man being cuffed in front of a group onlookers who shout … Read more