Fix Care Now: Public Demand Adult Social Care To Be A Top Priority For government Post Pandemic
Research shows almost half of UK adults think the government isn’t sufficiently concerned about the needs of older people
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Care Sector Backlash At Govt’s ‘Lip Service’ To Care In Queen’s Speech
The Government has been accused of paying lip service to social care in today’s Queen’s Speech, betraying hundreds of thousands of older and vulnerable people who cannot get the care they need, care campaigners say.
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The Queen’s Speech: Years Of Neglect And Disappointment Extended Says Care England
Care England, the largest representative body of independent adult social care providers, has expressed its disappointment that meaningful social care reform, a very live issue, has been kicked into the long grass again.
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Roadchef Pledges To Transfer £40k Of Its Apprenticeship Levy To Support The Care Sector
Motorway service area (MSA) provider Roadchef has pledged to transfer up to £40,000 of its annual apprenticeship levy funds to other businesses to support them in developing their employees
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Hammerson House Care Home Opens In North London
Care provider for the Jewish community, Nightingale Hammerson have announced that their new establishment, Hammerson House will open its doors today to new residents. The new care home
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Reaching High As Dorset Care Home Residents Score 100 Baskets For Charity
High-scoring basketball fans at a Dorset care home played like champions to honour the memory of Sir Captain Tom Moore.
Read more...New Report Reveals 110% Rise In Demand For Social Care Advice Over Just Two Years
Access Social Care, a charity providing free legal advice for people with social care needs, has today released their inaugural State of the Nation report which reveals that demand for social care needs assessment advice
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New Partnership Will Transform Activity Provision For Elderly People In Care Settings
Quality Compliance Systems (QCS), the leading provider of content, guidance and standards for the social care sector, and the Daily Sparkle, an activity resource company for people living with dementia
Read more...New Analysis Finds The Pandemic Has Significantly Increased Older People’s Need For Social Care.
New Age UK analysis finds that the experience of living through the fear, enforced isolation and inactivity caused by the pandemic has sharply accelerated the care needs of significant numbers of older people.
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Why We All Need To Be More Politically Engaged
By Philippa Shirtcliffe, Head of Care Quality, QCS (www.qcs.co.uk)
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New Analysis Shows ‘Widespread Decline’ In Adult Social Care
New figures reveal the difficulties facing England’s social care sector before the pandemic, with more people requesting support but fewer getting the help they needed. The data puts further pressure
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Hugh Myddelton House Care Home Remember VE Day
Hugh Myddelton House in Southgate marked the anniversary of VE Day in style by throwing a 1940s afternoon tea party to remember. The home was decorated in red, white and blue and residents
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How A London Cabbie Changed Careers During COVID To Become An Adult Social Carer
The Covid-19 outbreak gave long-time cabbie Ian the final push he needed to embark on a new career in adult social care and he has never looked back.
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Failure To Act On Social Care Will Be ‘Bitter Blow’, Say Councils
Failure to act on securing the future of adult social care as we emerge from the pandemic will be a ‘bitter blow’ to the millions of people who draw on and work in these vital services
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Kettering Woman Celebrates 105th Birthday
One of Northamptonshire’s oldest residents has celebrated her 105th birthday at a local care home.
Phyllis Hunt celebrated her birthday with an afternoon tea party at Thorndale care home in Kettering.
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