Friday 29 March 2019

Care homes applying for hundreds more court orders to prevent elderly from going outside, figures reveal 

Care homes applying for hundreds more court orders to prevent elderly from going outside, figures reveal Care homes and hospitals are applying for hundreds more elderly people to be locked inside, new data shows.

The figures, published today by the Ministry of Justice, reveal that there were 4,557 applications made by care homes and hospitals relating to Deprivation of Liberty (DoL) orders in 2018. This marked a 14 per cent increase on the previous year where there were 3,995 applications as charities warn that the increasing trend in applications are “deeply worrying”. The Daily Telegraph

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