Editor’s Viewpoint: Dementia – Comedian David Baddiel’s Family Battle
I thought I would pick up on a recent TV documentary by comedian David Baddiel. For those of you who may not have seen it…
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Editor’s Viewpoint: Public Unprepared for the Financial Costs of Care
A very belated happy New Year to you all! Once again the issue of social care costs has been headline news. We receive many press…
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Editor’s Viewpoint: Chancellor Fails To Address Social Care
To say that the care industry is shocked that there was no reference to social care funding in the Chancellor’s Autumn statement would be an…
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Editor’s Viewpoint: Paying The Price For Care Cuts
Thank you all once again for the many “feelgood” stories that we are sent – awards, fundraising, special events, weddings, anniversaries – we are delighted to publish…
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Editor’s Viewpoint – Not All Doom And Gloom In The Care Industry
One of the great delights of my job editing The Carer is the number of ‘feelgood’ stories we get from our readership; from events, awards,…
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Editor’s Viewpoint – No Surprises on Adult Social Care Funding Gap
Council Tax Precept Fails to Close Adult Social Care Funding Gap… …says a survey by the Research published today by the Association of Directors of…
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Editor’s Viewpoint – The Carer Readers ‘In Sync’ With Brexit
Following my comment yesterday it would appear that the readers of The Carer are “in sync” with the majority of the country! Britain has voted to…
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The Results Are In – It’s “Brexit” for The Carer Readers
Readers of The Carer have voted in favour of “Brexit” following an online poll which we have conducted over the past three weeks. Out of…
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Editor’s Viewpoint: Are You Ready for Care Home Open Day?
I very much hope that one of the forthcoming highlights in your diary is Care Home Open Day! I am sure you are all familiar…
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Editor’s Viewpoint: Fee Increase Adds To The Perfect Storm
We have, during the past few days, received many comments from industry bodies concerning the increase in fees charged by the Care Quality Commission. Aside…
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Editor’s Viewpoint: Osborne Fails To Deliver On Social Care
I think it is pretty obvious, from the comments we have received from industry bodies, that Chancellor George Osborne’s budget has simply failed to deliver…
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Editor’s Viewpoint: Do Know A Caring Hero?
One of the most disappointing and challenging issues facing the industry in my opinion is the constant negative publicity/stories that we read on an almost…
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Editor’s Viewpoint – Alzheimer’s Gets Recognition, But Lacks Funding
I was very sad to hear of the passing of Mott the Hoople drummer Dale Griffin, who died of Alzheimer’s disease. “All the Young Dudes”,…
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Editor’s Viewpoint: Challenges for Care in the Year Ahead
A very happy New Year to you all! I will, for the next few posts, begin with urging you to signup to our new twice…
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Editor’s Viewpoint: Merry Christmas from The Carer
All of us at RBC Publishing, publishers of The Carer, would like to take this opportunity to offer our sincere best wishes for Christmas and…
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