Richard Michael Blaberhttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/05/supreme-court-ruling-severely-disabled-people-deprivation-of-liberty-safeguards; https://supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2025-0042. "Severely #disabled people will be at heightened risk of abuse in #carehomes & #hospitals after the biggest upheaval in #disability #law in a generation overturned 'vital' #legal safeguards, campaigners have warned. They said a supreme court judgment that potentially strips the right of hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people to independent checks on the #safety & appropriateness of their #care 'devalues the #dignity of disabled people'."
CBC Nova ScotiaLoved ones in long-term care paying the price of strike: family
As the strike by long-term care workers in Nova Scotia enters its sixth week, many family members are having to pitch in to help loved ones living in care homes. The province and CUPE insist residents are being properly cared for, but a woman whose 75-year-old dad lives in a Dartmouth nursing home disagrees.
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