article_snippet: Home helps must stay for at least half an hour with frail pensioners under new rules to end the scandal of ‘drive-by’ visits.
article_snippet: Better care: NHS watchdog NICE NICE has published new guidelines in bid to stop 'drive-by' visits of carers (stock photo)
article_snippet: In a sign of how bad things have become, guidelines have to spell out the care offered to the elderly – telling home helps to leave enough time to ‘talk to the person’.
article_snippet: Care workers are also reminded to treat people with ‘empathy, courtesy, respect and in a dignified way’.
article_snippet: The move marks a victory for the Daily Mail, which has highlighted care visits lasting as little as five minutes as part of our Dignity for the Elderly campaign.
article_snippet: The guidance called on councils to ensure home care workers
article_snippet: ‘have time to do home care workers job without being rushed or compromising the dignity of the person who uses services’.
article_snippet: The guidance also attempts to stamp out the conveyor belt culture under which pensioners can be seen by ten or 15 different carers in a fortnight, saying The guidancecontinuity of care’ must be a priority.
article_snippet: Last night care minister Norman Lamb called on councils to adopt The guidance as soon as possible, saying that many authorities were ‘complicit’ in providing poor care.
article_snippet: GPs are being urged to visit the elderly at least once a year to check GPs are not too cold, NICE guidance says.
article_snippet: Meter readers could also check the temperature in pensioners’ homes and alert surgeries, Meter readers advises.
highlights_snippet: NHS watchdog NICE published new guidelines for caring .
  
highlights_snippet: Victory for Daily Mail's Dignity for the Elderly campaign .