Home Care News
Sevacare confirms multiple home care contract gains
29 Feb 2012
National domiciliary care provider Sevacare has confirmed five new contract wins already in 2012, as the company’s drive for expansion, continues to show healthy gains. Sevacare, which was founded in the Midlands, is in the top.....
College of Care proposals welcomed by social services chiefs
29 Feb 2012
Proposals for a College of Care in the draft report of the Commission on Improving Dignity in Care, have been welcomed by social services chiefs. The College of Care has been proposed by Age UK, the Local Government Association.....
Northumberland ditches plans to make elderly pay full cost of their home care
28 Feb 2012
Plans to make elderly and disabled people pay the full cost of their home care have been ditched by Northumberland County Council. The council had proposed to remove the cap of £120 a week on how much people pay for care in.....
More than 450,000 people have dementia but have not been officially diagnosed
28 Feb 2012
More than 450,000 people have dementia but have not been officially diagnosed, according to the Alzheimer’s Society. Figures show the number of people being diagnosed with dementia in England and Wales rose in a year by 18,000.....
Cynthia Bower was given 'an almost impossible task', says leading body for care homes
24 Feb 2012
Cynthia Bower, who has resigned from her post as chief executive of the Care Quality Commission was given 'an almost impossible task', says the English Community Care Association. Martin Green, chief executive of the English Community.....
National Pensioners Convention launches Dignity Code
24 Feb 2012
Care Services Minister Paul Burstow has unveiled a new ‘code of conduct’ launched by the National Pensioners Convention. It is hoped the Dignity Code will help to afeguard the dignity of the elderly and prevent abuse and neglect. The.....
Advantage Healthcare is 'Positive About Disabled People'
23 Feb 2012
Social care provider, Advantage Healthcare, has been awarded the Positive About Disabled People symbol, having shown effective measures in allowing disabled people to achieve their employment potential. The ‘three-ticks’ symbol.....
Cynthia Bower resigns as chief executive of CQC
23 Feb 2012
Cynthia Bower, chief executive of the health and social care regulator, Care Quality Commission, has announced her resignation. She has agreed to remain in the position full time until the autumn and the recruitment process for her.....
Failure to diagnose dementia remains prominent care sector concern
23 Feb 2012
The number of people diagnosed with dementia in England and Wales continues to rise, according to figures gathered by the Alzheimer’s Society. Confirmed diagnoses have risen by 18,000 since one year ago, now reaching 283,000, with.....
Cambridgeshire social care budget passed but remains controversial
22 Feb 2012
Cambridgeshire councillors have passed a new budget in contentious circumstances, cutting £43m from public expenditure central to which was £12m worth of savings to be made from social care services. Opposition leaders had attacked.....
Quality of social care 'remains very variable across Wales', says Welsh care regulator
22 Feb 2012
The quality of social care and social services 'remains very variable across Wales’, according to the Welsh care regulator. The Care and Social Services Inspectorate for Wales's (CSSIW) annual report, showed the vast majority.....
Age Concern has backed Derbyshire Council's plans to rehouse the elderly in hi-tech flats
21 Feb 2012
Age Concern has backed Derbyshire County Council's plans to close up to 20 care homes and rehouse the elderly in ‘state-of-the-art accommodation’ where they can live independently. Over the next five to seven years, it plans.....
Urgent action needed to stop retirement being blighted by ill health and poor care
16 Feb 2012
Millions of people currently in their forties and fifies will live in unsuitable housing when they retire and die without adequate care and support, according to a new report. The report ‘A 2030 vision: building communities and.....
Derbyshire Council plans to close up to 20 care homes and rehouse the elderly in hi-tech flats
16 Feb 2012
Derbyshire County Council plans to close up to 20 care homes and rehouse the elderly in ‘state-of-the-art accommodation’ where they can live independently. Over the next five to seven years, it plans to make its biggest ever investment.....
Bupa care homes help to tackle loneliness
16 Feb 2012
Bupa care homes will be hosting tea parties all over the UK in a drive to tackle loneliness among the elderly. Isolation and loneliness can be a real problem for the elderly, and the latest research from Age UK shows that nearly.....
Thieves steal hats and scarves from the elderly
15 Feb 2012
Thieves have broken into the offices of Age UK and stolen scarves, hats and gloves which had been donated to give to the elderly as part of its Winter Warmth campaign. Hundreds of scarves, hats and gloves had been donated and were.....
Saga chief calls for social care funding to be ring-fenced
10 Feb 2012
Saga’s chief has called for social care funding to be ring-fenced and said it is ‘dangerous’ for the government to deny there is a care crisis. At a recent Health Select Committee hearing, care minister, Paul Burstow, denied there.....