New hope in warden battle
By Jayne Warren & Tony Watts - 10/12/2008
There is new hope on the horizon for the campaign mounted by Mature Times to draw attention to the scandal of ‘disappearing wardens’ around the country. One of the country’s leading solicitors in the field of social care is offering to take up the fight on behalf of readers in ‘sheltered housing’ and ‘assisted living’ schemes who have seen their live-in warden support replaced by ‘floating support’.
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Missing wardens: the fear of reprisals
From all over the country we are continuing to hear from distressed people living in sheltered accommodation who have lost the life-line of a live-in warden. Few have been consulted before the changes were decided upon. And many are scared of reprisals if their name is published. By Jayne Warren & Tony Watts.
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Our vanishing wardens - the tale continues
Last month we exposed the fact that resident wardens are being phased out in many sheltered retirement complexes. An avalanche of readers’
letters has demonstrated that this policy is putting lives at risk up and down the country.
Better to be dead than 'wardenless'?
Without the onsite warden my mother would have been dead for 6-7 hours before I would have found her. How awful would that have been?
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How can elderly people be left at risk like this without any apparent means of easily and instantly contacting anyone in an emergency?
Where have all the wardens gone?
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New national strategy "for housing people that are getting older"
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Crisis looms for retirement living
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"Build more homes for older people"
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