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Government announces measures to temporarily suspend minimum wage enforcement activity for social care sleep-in shift pay. The government has announced it has temporarily suspended enforcement activity
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Over the past six months quality improvements have been seen across residential, nursing and home care services. In December 2016 care quality had slumped by
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Twenty-one UK chief executives of leading organisations – including Sainsbury’s, Asos, Williams F1, Mumsnet, The Cabinet Office, Domino’s Pizza Group and Getty Images – are
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At just nine years-old Zara Bishop, and her mum Rachel Bishop, have signed up to Running Down Dementia, Alzheimer’s Research UK’s first virtual running event,
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With social care in need of transformation and political parties focused on finding solutions, the new report published by the Co-operative Care Forums for England
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Residents at Three Elms, the Minster Care-run residential home in Warrington, made some new furry friends as they invited local dogs and owners to take
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A 1950s themed summer fayre took place at Queens Meadow Care Home – with young dancers performing songs and routines from movie classic Grease. The
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Vulnerable people are being forced into situations against their will because care providers are not following the proper processes, the Local Government and Social Care
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Making Pals is a three-year project Co-ordinated by Alive! that aims to increase the levels of community led activities for older people in care. Alive!’s mission is to put
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Social care providers have told a leading sector regulator that they are committed to driving up standards but are being hampered by funding shortages and
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Ipsos MORI and partners have conducted a new and timely research project highlighting the experiences of unmet need for care among older people living in
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CARE home boss Wendy Waddicor has completed a London to Paris cycle ride in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society – raising more than £7,500. The
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Person-centred activities combined with just one hour a week of social interaction can improve quality of life and reduce agitation for people with dementia living
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The rise in the state pension age to 68 is to be brought forward, according to new plans announced by the Government last week. Six
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One of the UK’s largest not-for-profit care home providers, The Orders of St John Care Trust, officially opened its newest care facility in Gloucestershire –
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