Care Of Older People
EDM number 1888 in 2005-06, proposed by Joan Walley on 23/03/2006.
That this House welcomes the Channel 4 documentary series The Trouble with Old People, to be screened in the week of 27th March 2006, which tackles the issue of care for older people; is deeply concerned about the lack of community-based support to enable older people to stay at home; notes that two thirds of people living in care homes have dementia; calls on the Government to develop strategies for supporting vulnerable older people with dementia to live at home and to improve access to primary care services for people in long-term care; welcomes the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say on health and social care and its commitment to provide training for staff looking after people at the end of their lives; urges the Government to ensure that this commitment extends to training for those in care homes; further welcomes the Government's commitment in the White Paper to emergency respite for carers; and further calls on the Government to commit itself to a timetable for implementation of these policies as soon as possible and to ensure adequate funding.
This motion has been signed by a total of 109 MPs.
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