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A residential home criticised by Derrick Burgess, the Shadow Minister for Seniors, has hit back at his claims of inadequate standards — while staff at a second facility named by the Opposition politician say a community-wide effort is needed to ensur...
DATE: Jan 09, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Families are being stopped from moving their elderly relatives to different residential homes from facilities that they are unhappy with, it has been alleged.
The daughter of an 89-year-old woman claims that she and her siblings have been blocked fro...
DATE: Jan 08, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A residential home for seniors in Paget is at the centre of three separate alleged cases of neglect.
Sunny Vale Rest Home on St Michael’s Road claims that it offers “outstanding” care to the elderly, but one former resident told The Royal Gazette tha...
DATE: Jan 07, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An 81-year-old man suffering from “severe” bedsores was “rescued” by concerned members of the public from a rest home that could not care for him properly — after the National Office for Seniors and the Physically Challenged (NOSPC) failed to find hi...
DATE: Jan 07, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The brother of a 76-year-old woman who is allegedly being neglected in her own home by relatives claims that he has been repeatedly ignored when he has tried to report the matter to the authorities.
Mr A told The Royal Gazette that his sibling, who i...
DATE: Jan 06, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda’s seniors are receiving “deplorable” care in residential facilities and private homes across the Island yet the authorities are failing to act, it has been alleged.
An investigation by The Royal Gazette has uncovered a number of cases where e...
DATE: Jan 05, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Families are being stopped from moving their elderly relatives to different residential homes from facilities that they are unhappy with, it has been alleged.
The daughter of an 89-year-old woman claims that she and her siblings have been blocked fro...
DATE: Jan 05, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A British nurse who had Ebola diagnosed after returning from Sierra Leone has been described as being in a critical condition by the London hospital treating her.
The Royal Free Hospital said on Sunday it was “sorry to announce that the condition of ...
DATE: Jan 03, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Health
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To recognise World Aids Day on Monday, the Department of Health is inviting the public to City Hall from 5.30pm until 7pm for its “Rock Red” Zumba Party, where participants are invited to wear red clothing to show support for those living with HIV an...
DATE: Nov 28, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A bill that could pave the way for the legalisation of medical marijuana has been tabled in the House of Assembly.
The Cannabinoid Pharmaceutical Products Bill 2014 would see amendments to the Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1979, the Misuse of Drugs Act 19...
DATE: Nov 26, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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