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Larry Gardiner

‘Cuts to support killed my neighbours,’ MPs are told

By John Pring on 26th January 2017 Category: Independent Living

‘Cuts to support killed my neighbours,’ MPs are told
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A disabled campaigner has told MPs that he believes cuts to support have contributed to a quarter of his neighbours in the sheltered housing development where he lives dying in just one year. Larry Gardiner told the communities and local government […]

People with dementia ‘routinely deprived of their rights’

By John Pring on 10th November 2016 Category: Human Rights

People with dementia ‘routinely deprived of their rights’
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People with dementia are “routinely” deprived of their human rights, facing forced medication, institutionalisation and a denial of care and support. A group of disabled campaigners with dementia spoke out this week as they launched a “ground-breaking” new booklet that highlights […]

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