Revisited: A day on the frontline of England's social care crisis
File photo dated 23/02/14 of an elderly person at a charity tea party in London. Staffing and time pressures in social care risk the "nightmare scenario" that older people could be being unjustifiably deprived of their freedom, Age UK has warned in a new report. The older people's charity warned that the system aimed at keeping people safe in care homes "for an alarming number of older people is not working at all". Issue date: Friday March 8, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story HEALTH Older. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA
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