Technology Will Help Us Stay In Our Own Homes In Old Age, Say Two Thirds Of The British Public
Greater independence in later life is one of the key benefits of technology highlighted in ‘How Tech Savvy are We?’, a new report from the…
Read more...Greater independence in later life is one of the key benefits of technology highlighted in ‘How Tech Savvy are We?’, a new report from the…
Read more...SFJ Awards has announced the launch of a new qualification to support the delivery of the Care Certificate. The qualification is aimed at the 1.3…
Read more...“What’s the catch?” is the Registered Nursing Home Association’s (RNHA) reaction to the Department of Health’s announcement of an uplift in the NHS contribution paid…
Read more...Growing numbers of 45-64 year olds, and 65-74 year olds are living alone, with 6 million people living in houses with two or more excess…
Read more...VODG (Voluntary Organisations Disability Group) represents leading not for profit disability organisations who together provide care and support to over one million disabled people. Immediately after the…
Read more...John Ratcliff, best known for discovering, producing and managing A-Ha, was motivated to write the moving track ‘Into the Black’ when his mother, Barbara, 93,…
Read more...The 2016 National Care Forum personnel survey report presents findings for over 68,000 employees in adult social care: NCF Personnel survey 2016 The most startling…
Read more...The world’s first and only accessible strandkorb – a traditional German covered beach chair – was presented to the disabled people’s charity Revitalise by Lower…
Read more...The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) Training & Development Forum 2016 returns to the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham, on 5-7 October with the…
Read more...‘Towards a new age: The future of the UK welfare state’ argues that governments are ‘sowing the seeds of the welfare state’s demise’ by failing…
Read more...Age UK and Carers UK call on the Government to make all jobs flexible by default as a new report reveals the significant impact caring…
Read more...A Healthcare Assistant working at The Links care home in Broadstone, Poole raised more than £300.00 by walking 26.2 miles when she participated in The…
Read more...New Prime Minister Theresa May’s government needs urgently to get to grips with the unprecedented crisis enveloping social care, the Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA)…
Read more...TEENAGERS from Middlesbrough Football Club’s National Citizenship Service (NCS) are spending the new few weeks volunteering at care homes across Teesside. The volunteers, all aged…
Read more...Poor integration in local services is resulting in older people losing out on personalised, effective and responsive care, across according to the Care Quality Commission…
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