Free Materials To Support Care Act Implementation Launched
New free learning and development materials are now available to make sure that the adult social care workforce is ready to deliver the changes required…
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Month: October 2014
Better Care Plans To Help Elderly And Reduce Hospital Visits
The Better Care Fund, also known as the Integration Transformation Fund (ITF), will help join up local health and care services to improve care and reduce A&E admissions. The plans,…
Read more...The Care Act 2014 And Commissioning Advocacy: Support From SCIE
Local authorities will need to expand access to independent advocacy services by April 2015 when the Care Act comes into force. Under the Act, local…
Read more...Care Group Scores With A ‘Buzzing’ Sponsorship Deal
YORKSHIRE based Czajka Care Group has signed a deal with The Bumble Bees Barbarians Rugby Union Club to become the team’s new official kit sponsor….
Read more...Superior Care Joins Living Wage Campaign
Superior Care has been formally accredited by the Living Wage Foundation, demonstrating its commitment to responsible employment practices within the healthcare and support sector. …
Read more...Coleraine Care Home – How Dedicated Pupils And Care Home Residents Are Crossing Generation Divide
Bohill House care home in Coleraine is bridging the generation gap by inviting students from nearby Dunluce School to join in their activities. Fourteen students,…
Read more...Brighton To Host Care Event
This November care providers in the South are invited to attend Care Roadshow Brighton taking place at Brighton Racecourse on Tuesday 18 November. Bringing together…
Read more...Care Home Residents Wear It Pink For Breast Cancer Awareness
Care home residents across the North East turned everything rose-tinted last week in a bid to raise awareness for Breast Cancer Care. Queens Meadow in…
Read more...Traumatic Brain Injury Linked To Increased Dementia Risk
A large study in the United States suggests that traumatic head injury in mid-life onwards can increase dementia risk. The study, published on 27 October…
Read more...Urgent Review Of Social Work ‘Skills Crisis’ Needed To Help Recruit Quality Social Workers
An urgent review of the ‘skills crisis’ facing social work is needed to help recruit the quality social workers that 1.3 million vulnerable young people…
Read more...Dementia Is The Leading Cause Of Death In Women
Figures published by the Office of National Statistics on the 29 October indicate that dementia is the leading cause of death in women, with more…
Read more...Councils Reveal £4.3 Billion Funding ‘Black Hole’ In Adult Social Care By End Of Decade
Services for elderly and disabled residents are in danger of spiraling into crisis after new analysis reveals a £4.3 billion funding black hole by the…
Read more...Cambridgeshire Fundraiser Made Champion Of Alzheimer’s Research UK
Dad of three, Simon Gibson, from Burwell, Cambridgeshire, has been made a Champion of Alzheimer’s Research UK in recognition of his exceptional support of the…
Read more...Care UK Chef Has Recipe For Success At Great British Care Awards
Lisa Morris, head chef at Care UK’s Ambleside care home in Stratford-Upon-Avon, is celebrating after scooping a top award at the annual Great British Care…
Read more...Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell MP to Debate ‘The State of Care in the UK: How Can We Fix the Broken System?’ At The Care Show
Value of UK care sector estimated at £55 billion The care show to welcome 3000 visitors with an interest in the future of long term…
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