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Daily Archives: February 22, 2012

New beginning is promised by Care UK for Copthorne care home

West Sussex care home Orchid View will be given a new start this summer after leading health and social care provider Care UK agreed to buy and re-open the Copthorne home.
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Speke Care Home workers who stole from dementia patients are jailed

Two carers who fleeced elderly people of more than £90,000 were jailed. Speke Care Home workers Joan Vernon and Kathleen Treble stole the life savings of vulnerable residents, some of whom had dementia, who they were meant to be looking …
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Daughter forced to pay £3,000 to care home for failing to give month’s notice of father’s death

A grieving daughter was forced to pay an extra £3,000 to her father’s care home – after failing to give them 28 days notice of his death. Sue Cann was ‘shocked’ when she learnt small print in the contract for …
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