Government Announces Extra £900m For Adult Social Care Over Two Years
Councils are being given the power to raise tax for social care by six per cent over the next two years, as part of £900m…
Read more...Councils are being given the power to raise tax for social care by six per cent over the next two years, as part of £900m…
Read more...Christmas wishes were delivered in song as children aged just three and four visited a Winchester dementia care home. Seventeen toddlers from Tops Winchester day…
Read more...Disabled veterans who live at The Royal Star & Garter Home in Surbiton were joined by family, friends and supporters for the Starlight Service at…
Read more...Nearly three-quarters (72%) of people who expect to need social care will have to make do with whatever they can afford, with just 27% expecting…
Read more...Social care precept increases won’t benefit the areas which need it most. Potential funding increases are ‘no-where near adequate’ to sustain adult social care. New…
Read more...Allowing local authorities to increase council tax to boost social care funding is just a ‘sticking plaster solution’, industry leaders have warned. The Government has…
Read more...An Oswestry care home resident has celebrated her 105th birthday with at a special celebration which spanned four generations. Doris Morris, who is a resident at…
Read more...Care home residents in Chichester enjoyed a seasonal sprinkling of magic fairy dust courtesy of Tinker Bell and fellow characters from J M Barrie’s celebration…
Read more...A research study has revealed that protein found in the urine of people with kidney problems may indicate a higher risk of decline in memory…
Read more...It is a complete lottery as to who among the 1 in 15 of UK residents will end up in a care home. What should…
Read more...‘This latest quick fix may be too late to solve the care funding crisis,’ says National Care Association Chairman, Nadra Ahmed OBE. In response to…
Read more...Balhousie Care Group has appointed its youngest ever care home manager to its Ruthven Towers home in Auchterarder. Jozi Stables, 26, who heads up 36…
Read more...A recent Christmas cooking demonstration with elderly residents from Clipstone Hall & Lodge care home in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, celebrated ten months working together with the…
Read more...Over one million people in the UK are expected to be supporting a family member with a terminal illness this Christmas, while trying to cope…
Read more...A national review by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found that the NHS is missing opportunities to learn from patient deaths and that too…
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