LGA Responds To Latest Delayed Transfers Of Care Figures
Responding to the latest monthly delayed transfers of care figures from NHS England, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, Cllr Izzi Seccombe,…
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Nottinghamshire Care Home Receives The Highest Quality Band And The Dementia Quality Mark From Local Council
Clipstone Hall & Lodge in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, has been assessed by Nottinghamshire County Council as being a Band Five care home, the highest rating that…
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Sense Calls For Urgent Investment Into Social Care And New Approach To Health & Social Care Integration
National charity call follows the publication of NAO report, which highlights the failure of the ‘Better Care Fund’ The national disability charity, Sense, has repeated…
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The King’s Fund Responds To National Audit Office Report On Health And Social Care Integration
Chris Ham, Chief Executive of The King’s Fund, said: ‘We agree with the NAO that place based planning and health and social care integration are…
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Teesside Homes Cycle Challenge In Support Of Alzheimer’s Fight
CARE homes across Teesside are taking part in a relay cycling endurance challenge to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society. Five homes across Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees…
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Local And National Dementia Charities Partner To Fund The First Admiral Nurse For Newcastle Upon Tyne
Newcastle-based dementia charity, Dementia Care, is working in partnership with national charity Dementia UK to recruit an Admiral Nurse to support families caring for someone…
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Best Employers In Care Awards Announced
Smith & Henderson announced the winners of the inaugural Best Employers in Care Awards, based on feedback from thousands of carers. Home Instead Senior Care…
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Leading Think Tank Urges Retirement Housing Revolution To Fix The Housing Crisis
Research finds that although 9 in 10 65-79 year olds live in under occupied houses, there could be a retirement housing gap of 160,000 houses…
Read more...5% Council Tax Increase ‘To Fund Social Care Costs’
Councils are doing all they can to protect adult social care but reductions in funding and the cost of the National Living Wage, while welcome,…
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Fife Fundraiser Made Champion Of Alzheimer’s Research UK
A mother-of-two from Fife has been made a Champion of Alzheimer’s Research UK after raising over £40,000 for the UK’s leading dementia research charity. Cath…
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Six Steps To The Best End Of Life Care At Ivy Court
Ivy Court Care Home in Norwich has been awarded the industry-recognised Six Steps to Success accreditation for providing the best possible end of life care…
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First Care Home Restaurant To Offer Meals To Public With Swallowing Difficulties
A restaurant at a West Byfleet care home will be one of the first in the country to offer meals safe for those with swallowing…
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Could Robots Be The Key To Solving Social Care Crisis?
Middlesex University and the University of Bedfordshire are to work together on a €2.5m international three-year research project to help develop the world’s first robots…
Read more...It’s Time To Embrace Digital Technology Says CQC Chief Inspector
‘How to achieve outstanding care: The role of digitalisation’, which sought to share best practice from Denmark on utilising digital technologies in the care home…
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National Charity Calls On Government To Halt Proposed Cuts To Employment Support Allowance
Sense welcomes report from The Work and Pensions Select Committee National disability charity, Sense, has called on the government to halt its proposed cuts to…
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