All staff and volunteers within adult social care providers can now access free apps to cope with insomnia and anxiety as part of a nationwide effort to help ‘care for our carers’ and support the mental health of the social care workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more...Time is running out to finalise a test, track and trace strategy to avoid a potential second surge of COVID-19 cases, the NHS Confederation has warned.
Read more...The families of frontline carers are to be exempt from inheritance tax should they die as a result of Covid-19 through the course of their work thanks to an exemption to legislation first created for serving personnel and emergency services.
Read more...An ex-army Resident at HC-One’s Kirkwood Court care home in Newcastle has received a video message off the army, just in time for VE Day.
Read more...The impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on care homes has been laid bare in a new CQC report. The COVID-29 Insight report, is the first in a series of discussion documents evaluating key issues that the CQC regulates, affecting health and social care during the crisis.
Read more...Year six students at North Cheshire Jewish Primary School have found new ways to keep in touch with their older friends at Didsbury care village, Belong
Read more...Avery Healthcare are a major sponsor and supporter of the Care Workers’ Charity (CWC), a UK organisation that supports current and former care workers with…
Read more...Harmony House, a registered service for adults with learning disabilities, dementia and mental health needs based in Hebburn, has shared service users’
Read more...Care homes in the south raised cuppas to press for vital support during the pandemic for families living with dementia. Residents and staff across Colten…
Read more...Providers stress need to improve support for carers
Read more...On 19 March 2020 the government made available £1.6bn to local government to contribute to additional costs associated with the coronavirus pandemic. It
Read more...Gracewell of Bookham organised a drive-through visit for residents, so they could safely see their families and friends. Careful planning and a whole-team approach meant…
Read more...Over-65s’ Experience Of Negative Language About Alder People Increases During Pandemic Period
Read more...Despite the government’s efforts to develop a testing programme for social care, the testing arrangements remain chaotic, there is no reliable timescale for
Read more...With lockdown looking set to continue for many more weeks for those over 70, a Somerset care home supporting people with dementia has been providing a…
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