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Older People's Commissioner seeks assurance elderly patients' dignity
Older People’s Commissioner seeks assurance on dignity for elderly patients
The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, Ruth Marks, has asked for further reassurance from health boards that robust measures to protect the dignity of elderly people in their care will be put in place.
Health boards across Wales were given three months to respond to the damning report, published in March 2011, which said that older patients were being denied their basic human rights and hit out at “shamefully inadequate†care in some hospitals.
In a letter to each of the health boards, Ms Marks said: “I have received many good responses, however no health board has provided me with enough information to fully assure me that the interests of older people will be safeguarded and promoted in hospitals in Wales.â€
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