File photo of an elderly woman using bath seat and walking stick. A report published today by the (EHRC) finds that, in many cases,  's home care system breaches the human rights of the elderly it is supposed to serve. The Close to home: older people and human rights in home care report is the result of a twelve-month investigation into care generally provided by local authorities. The -based Arndale Centre report concludes that, "[t]he general picture is of a wider home care system in which older people are not effectively involved: which they do not understand, and which does not often make the extra effort required to involve them in ways tailored to their state of health and other needs".
File photo of an elderly woman using bath seat and walking stick. A report published today by the (EHRC) finds that, in many cases, England 's home care system breaches the human rights of the elderly it is supposed to serve. The Close to home: older people and human rights in home care report is the result of a twelve-month investigation into care generally provided by local authorities. The Manchester-based Arndale Centre report concludes that, "[t]he general picture is of a wider home care system in which older people are not effectively involved: which they do not understand, and which does not often make the extra effort required to involve them in ways tailored to their state of health and other needs".
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