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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jemma Crew

Grandfather, 85, taken to hospital after fall while waiting for care assessment

A grandfather fell, wounded his head and was taken to hospital while waiting for a social care assessment to enable him to go into a care home, his family said.

Douglas Barton has been the sole carer of his father Derek, who was living in a “granny annex” attached to the family home in Essex, for the past seven years.

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