Article: WE WILL STOP NHS HOSPITAL PATIENTS STARVING TO DEATH; 10-point plan to make sure elderly are properly fed.(News)

Article: Patients starving,says professor
Yorkshire Post;  August 27, 2008 ;     334 words ...Professor Paul Goddard, a former radiology section president of the Royal Society of Medicine, made a scathing attack yesterday on the way the health service is being run, saying "an enormous amount of money has been put in but it has been wasted on excessive management".He said the NHS is in

Article: Are ICU patients starving?
Drug Topics;  February 7, 2000 ;     291 words ...The nutritional needs of one out of three patients in ICUs are not being met, according to a multicenter study conducted at the Universities of Cincinnati, Colorado, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Researchers found that current practices of estimating nutritional requirements resulted in caloric

Article: Weekly weigh-in to stop patients starving.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 29, 2007 ;     615 words ...Byline: David Derbyshire ELDERLY patients will be weighed once a week as part of a scheme to stopthe vulnerable starving in hospital. The ten-point plan follows a deluge of complaints about how elderly patientsare routinely underfed, highlighted by the Daily Mail's Dignity for the Elderlycampaign.

Article: Make sure elderly are kept warm
Citizen Gloucestershire, The;  December 27, 2007 ;     453 words ...Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust has been highlighting the practical help available to older people this winter. A wide range of information is available in a new guide called The Keep Warm, Keep Well including advice on keeping warm and healthy, home improvement grants and heating the home.

Article: We'll make sure elderly keep their homes say ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 9, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Byline: STEVE DOUGHTY THE Conservatives promised yesterday to end the 'scandal' of the elderly having to sell their property to pay for care home places. They said tax breaks and insurance schemes should be used to protect them against the crippling costs. Tax relief could also be introduced to

Article: BASICS OF CARING; WE MUST MAKE SURE ELDERLY CARE ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  August 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ...To the Editor: I read with interest your recent editorial, "Trouble Ahead," that focused on the alarming lack of health-care professionals prepared to care for the rapidly increasing population of older adults. The conclusion that many of our elderly may be "left in the dust" particularly stirred

Article: Checks urged after fatal care home fire; Charity chief calls on ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  February 6, 2004 ;     642 words ...Byline: DAVID GREENWOOD THERE were urgent calls last night for fire safety checks to be stepped up in care and nursing homes after a blaze killed one woman and injured four others. Anna Palazon, Wales executive for Help the Aged, urged the National Assembly and local authorities to make sure homes