Over 2,000 Warm Spaces Remain Open in England’s Counties as Temperatures Drop
With the return of cold weather this week, councils are reminding people that there are over 2,000 warm spaces across England’s county areas open for…
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Elderly
Fifteen-Minute Care Calls Criticised by Ombudsman as ‘Rarely Enough’
Councils need to ensure any care visits they arrange give enough time for care workers to do their job properly the Local Government and Social…
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Homecare Association Announces the New Minimum Price for Homecare 2023-2024
The Homecare Association has published its Minimum Price for Homecare for April 2023 to March 2024. This minimum fee rate for purchase of homecare by…
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NHS Visits Every Care Home to Offer Life-Saving Jabs ahead of Christmas
NHS vaccination teams have visited every care home across the country to offer life-saving covid boosters and flu jabs ahead of the festive period. Every…
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People With Dementia Face ‘Perfect Storm’ as Rising Costs Mean One in Ten is Cutting Care and Support
People living with dementia are facing a ‘perfect storm’ of rising care and living costs that will leave many ‘stranded in their own homes’ over…
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Energy Blackouts Could Lead to Increase in Serious Falls, Warns Ageing Charity
National energy blackouts this winter would put more than 1.6 million people at heightened risk of a serious injury in their own home because of…
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Anchor Signs Up to Age-Friendly Employer Pledge
Care provider Anchor has signed up to the Age-friendly Employer Pledge – a new nationwide programme run by the Centre for Ageing Better to make…
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New BGS Report Highlights 10 Key Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) has published Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, a report reflecting on the experience of older people and the healthcare professionals…
Read more...Neither ‘Funding Nor Workforce’ to Meet the Needs of Older and Disabled People this Winter
More than 9 in 10 (94%) adult social services directors in England do not believe there is the ‘funding’ or ‘workforce’ to meet care costs…
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NCS Teens Create Fidget Blankets for Elderly People with Dementia
A team of teenagers have been spending their autumn doing their bit to create positive change with NCS (National Citizen Service), the country’s flagship youth…
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Kings Park Care Home Opens its Doors to Lonely Older People
Local care home Kings Park in Ferndown will be opening its doors to a number of people from the area to help tackle loneliness in…
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Calls for an Older People’s Commissioner in England Made in House of Lords
Ageing Better and Independent Age are campaigning for the creation of an Older People’s Commissioner for England. The position would have official powers to investigate…
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Calls for Support to Prevent Bereavement from Tipping Older People into Poverty
The UK Commission on Bereavement has set out a list of recommendations which would benefit people aged over 65, the group most likely to experience…
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Older People’s Mental Health in a Fragile Place – But the Worst May Be Still to Come
On World Mental Health Day 2022 Age UK is highlighting that older people are continuing to live with anxiety and depression in silence and are…
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Analysis Reveals Older Women “Especially Badly Hit” by the Pandemic
The latest wave of Age UK’s research into the impact of the pandemic on older people has found that older women have been and continue…
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