Christopher Manthorp



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Full name: Christopher Manthorp

Area of interest: The elderly: long-term care and care homes

Journals: The Guardian

Email: [mailto:christopher.manthorp@walthamforest.gov.uk christopher.manthorp@walthamforest.gov.uk]

Website: Guardian Society / When I'm 84

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Other activities: Project director for the reprovision of homes and sheltered housing for older people

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The Guardian: 'When I'm 84'
Column remit: The elderly: long-term care and care homes

Section: Guardian Society

Role: Specialist columnist

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Website: Guardian Society / When I'm 64

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Day published: Wednesday

Regularity: Monthly

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Articles: 2009




Articles: 2008

 * people could face the best or the worst of times'' - There is a danger that older people will look like easy targets to the ruthless, grasping or desperate - 10th December 2008
 * dementia? This way madness lies'' - Dementia needs to be recognised as a disease like cancer, be treated free at the point of delivery, and receive the appropriate resources - 12th November 2008
 * desperately need a good old political punch-up'' - The bestselling novelist Terry Pratchett has given dementia a high profile in this country recently - 8th October 2008
 * the drugs never meant for dementia don't work'' - It was like being hit over the head with a sock full of wet sand. You lolled about in helpless apathy, feeling like death - 10th September 2008
 * the garden path to contented care'' - It's astonishing that a country that values its gardens as highly as the UK doesn't integrate garden activities into care - 13th August 2008
 * What works for us works for people with dementia, too - 9th July 2008
 * Painful reminder about the problems of care - politicians' policies for the elderly recently included appointing Michael Parkinson as dignity ambassador - 11th June 2008
 * Admiral approach helps plot a better course for carers - Carers' hours are long, their prospects are bleak, and there isn't much help on offer - 21st May 2008
 * This costume drama creates a 'them' and 'us' scenario - Who loves a man in a uniform these days? Well, astonishingly, some residential homes looking after older people do - 16th April 2008
 * At last, a scheme for older people that really works - The LinkAge scheme is a blueprint for the future care of older people - 12 March 2008
 * There should be no hiding from death, even as it nears - The national minimum standards, an important cornerstone of the legal framework for older people's care, cheerily insist that residential and nursing homes ask residents on admission about their death - 13th February 2008
 * Financial freedom at last - but safeguards are needed - are we about to enter the age of the DIY care package? - 9th January 2008
 * A militant tendency to make a mockery of ageism - 12th December 2007
 * Nothing but the best will do - and that's how it should be - 14th November 2007
 * It's curtains for the 'anything for a quiet life' approach - 10th October 2007
 * The secret to preventing dementia? Exercise restraint - 12th Septeber 2007
 * The caring profession needs its own health warning - 8th August 2007
 * Scots show Brown how to tame the dementia spectre - 11th July 2007
 * Personal ties do not always make effective links - 13th June 2007
 * Living a long life shouldn't feel like doing porridge - 9th May 2007
 * No need for pubs and lock-ins on good old Eigg - 11th April 2007
 * By George, it's hard to watch fine minds sailing away - 14th March 2007
 * The widening chasm where the wealthy come out best - 14th February 2007
 * Losing sleep over older people's care? You should be - 10th January 2007



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 * If you work in social care, buy this book - Christopher Manthorp hails a new publication on dementia - Joe Public blog, 3rd June 2008 (see careinfo.org)