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A growing number of pensioners that have dementia are now not being given help with drinking or eating, treated as if they are non-existent, and having their privacy invaded in hospitals and care homes according to a new report published by the Care Quality Commission.

Chief executive of the commission, David Behan, stated that finances are not the only reason why many institutions that were able to offer good care in the past have suffered from austerity measures that ruined their care. He explained that the most important component of the report is the gap that it displays between the financial climate and the poor care.

Behan stated that many of the issues were caused by staff shortages, but also cited other staff issues such as when the staff was poorly made use of or poorly trained. He added that some staff members treat their patients more like a to-do list instead of as individual people.

He went on to explain that it is a large challenge to figure out how to provide high quality care while the complexity of care continues to increase. With more resources needed finances can also be a problem, but the report shows that some hospitals and care centres are able to provide this higher level of care meaning it is possible.

The major report took a look at 13000 inspections and the regulator warned that there were too many care cultures that were unacceptable. Even more concerning is the fact that the care home staff and nurses in these locations had accepted the poor care as the norm.

Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, stated that managers that allow poor care to continue in their home should be removed from their positions and fired because there is no excuse for this type of care.

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