Home Care News
'Glimmer of hope for New Year' as foreign care workers become eligible for fast-track UK visas
29 Dec 2021
The government has expanded the Health and Care Visa scheme in a bid to stem the care sector recruitment crisis, making foreign care workers eligible for fast-track UK visas. The change means foreign care.....
Unpaid and paid carers promised 'priority access' at vaccination sites
23 Dec 2021
NHS England has instructed all vaccination centres to give 'priority access' to unpaid carers and paid social care staff. This includes ‘priority lines’ to make it easier for all receiving or giving care.....
Care workers told Scottish Government will pay for booster jabs taken during work time
22 Dec 2021
Care workers in Scotland have been told they will not lose wages or have to take annual leave to get a booster jab because the Scottish government will pay for care workers to get Covid vaccinations and boosters during work time......
Care home provider unveils care service to meet home care demand in pandemic
21 Dec 2021
Care home provider Loveday & Co, which calls itself ‘London’s only senior-living Members Club’, has launched the home care service Loveday at Home to meet 'demand from the community' during the pandemic for care in people's own homes. New.....
Live-in care worker says it is 'not a job' but a passion where you build up 'trust and friendship'
20 Dec 2021
Aimie Nalukwago has been a live-in carer for around 15 years and says it is “not a job” but a passion where you can "give them more time" to be cared for and build up a "mutual friendship." Since the start.....
Councils should pay a 'fair price' for home care to help NHS in pandemic
20 Dec 2021
Councils should pay the Homecare Association's 'Minimum Price for Homecare' of £23.20 per hour from next April, warns its chief executive, to ensure they pay a “fair price for care” and support the NHS battling Covid......
Covid patients will be treated at home in 'virtual wards'
20 Dec 2021
The NHS will treat more people with Covid-19 at home by remotely monitoring them as part of a ‘virtual wards’ model. To prepare for NHS staff shortages caused by workers self-isolating due to the variant.....
Home care company using hotels to offer live-in care is helping stop 'crisis in NHS'
16 Dec 2021
In early December, NHS data recorded that on average 10,500 patients per day who were medically fit for discharge were still using a hospital bed, but one home care company is helping the NHS by giving people the "option of having.....
Care chiefs welcome call by migration advisers to fast-track visas for foreign care workers
15 Dec 2021
Care chiefs have welcomed a formal recommendation by the Migration Advisory Committee to add care workers to the list of professions eligible for fast-tracked visas. The social care sector is currently struggling.....
Westmorland Homecare invests in more trainers to boost care workers' skills
15 Dec 2021
Westmorland Homecare, based in Kendal, has increased the number of its full-time trainers so they can support care workers to deliver specialist care in areas such as end of life care, brain injury and dementia. The.....
Scottish home care director wins inaugural award for her 'agility and resilience' during pandemic
14 Dec 2021
Lyn Laughland, managing director of HRM Homecare, has been named the inaugural agility and resilience director of the year at this year’s Institute of Directors (IoD) Scotland Awards and says the reward is a “tribute to the sterling.....
Charities warn Omicron variant could worsen older people's mental health this Christmas
13 Dec 2021
Fear, loneliness and the “lack of social contact” among some of the 12.5 million elderly this Christmas could damage their emotional and physical health as the Omicron variant sweeps across the UK, charities warn. Independent.....
Government announces £300m fund to give care workers in England bonuses and pay rises
13 Dec 2021
The care sector in England will be able to use money from a new £300m fund to pay for bonuses, give care staff early pay rises, fund overtime and recruit new staff. The fund is part of a package of new measures.....
Scientists find link between cataract surgery and reduced risk of dementia
10 Dec 2021
Researchers found that those who have undergone cataract surgery had an almost 30 per cent less risk of developing dementia after their surgery. The study by the University of Washington School of Medicine.....
'Outstanding' care staff help person housebound due to anxiety to overcome agoraphobia
09 Dec 2021
A supported living service in Northamptonshire has been rated ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, with its staff praised for helping a person who was housebound due to anxiety to overcome their agoraphobia. Consensus.....
Omicron: Covid pill to be given at home to treat vulnerable people before Christmas
09 Dec 2021
A treatment for Covid-19 is being offered for the first time to people in their own homes before Christmas to protect the most 'vulnerable' individuals from the Omicron strain. People at highest risk from.....
Almost 11,000 home care workers have left their jobs since April
02 Dec 2021
No less than 10,834 home care workers in England left their jobs in the six months leading up to the end of October and a care leader has said it's "hardly surprising". The number of staff working for registered.....
Social care white paper offers to help people live at home longer but fails to raise pay
01 Dec 2021
Care minister Gillian Keegan has unveiled a government White Paper that promises more funded stairlifts and wet rooms for people needing care and £300m to help councils provide supported housing to ensure people can live ‘as independently.....