Britain has become a "neglectful society" where the elderly are driven into care homes unnecessarily because they lack support from their families and communities, the care minister has claimed in the Daily Telegraph. Full story >>
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If you describe someone as neglectful, you think they fail to do everything they should to look after someone or something properly. • A neglectful mother abandoned her young children for five days to go on a trip to Bournemouth seaside.
