Rural Elderly Facing ‘Terrifying’ Social Care Crisis
Report warns that higher home care costs and greater distances are condemning those living outside major towns and cities Elderly and vulnerable men and women…
Read more...Report warns that higher home care costs and greater distances are condemning those living outside major towns and cities Elderly and vulnerable men and women…
Read more...The Communities and Local Government and Health Committees launch a joint inquiry on the long-term funding and provision of adult social care to feed in to…
Read more...A cross-party group of MPs and Peers today issues a rallying call to the Government, to look more closely at the problem of malnutrition in…
Read more...The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a report into the causes for the rise in detentions under the Mental Health Act. The review has…
Read more...One million people aged 65 and over in the UK report that they are often or always lonely but loneliness and social isolation are difficult…
Read more...A Care Home in Hull has become one of only eight establishments in England to get a perfect rating from the independent regulator of health…
Read more...A 29 year old Cerebral Palsy sufferer is achieving her goal of studying for an NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care with the…
Read more...Residents at a care village catering for Manchester’s Jewish population are going for pedal power rather than jet power to blow away the cobwebs for…
Read more...The Duke of Cambridge today launched a nationwide programme to help military veterans, their spouses and dependants find work in the NHS. His Royal Highness…
Read more...Responding to a National Audit Office report, published today, on sustainability and transformation in the NHS, Cllr Izzi Seccombe, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s…
Read more...Additional funding, aimed to help the NHS get on a financially sustainable footing, has instead been spent on coping with existing pressures, according to the…
Read more...People who need care should not be asked to choose which of their needs, identified through an assessment, their council should meet, the Local Government…
Read more...Half of England’s large elderly care home providers have at least one in four failing homes in their network, according to Which? research. In an…
Read more...AN INTERNATIONAL charity is launching a new awareness campaign celebrating the remarkable ways music can improve our lives and change our approach to people in…
Read more...The startling revival of leading care home provider Balhousie Care Group has been acknowledged with a listing in Scotland’s Top 500 Companies from Business Insider…
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