Home Care News
An end to 'housing hell' will see elderly age better not badly
27 Feb 2019
To get out of the ‘housing hell’ which hurts elderly people and sends them to hospital, all homes must be ‘affordable, accessible, adaptable and beautiful’, argues a professor of ageing at Newcastle University. Speaking.....
Record-breaking number of male school leavers apply to be nurses
27 Feb 2019
A record-breaking number of male school leavers have recently applied to be nurses, after an NHS England government campaign was launched last summer to get more men interested in what is often perceived to be a ‘female’ role......
Cross-party social care parliamentary group launched to tackle care crisis
27 Feb 2019
An All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Care (APPG Social Care) has been launched to examine the care system, funding and the issue of staffing. The new parliamentary group was launched at Westminster.....
Free condoms go to sexually active elderly to halt rising rate of STIs
26 Feb 2019
Pensioners are to get free condoms to stem the rising rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) amongst the elderly population. 'Jiggle, Wiggle' campaign A campaign named ‘Jiggle,.....
Government announces 200,000 people can choose care with personal health budgets
22 Feb 2019
Wheelchair users, people with mental health needs, learning disabilities, autism and those receiving adult social care, will gain more power to choose the type of care they want, as part of government plans to give up to 200,000 people.....
86-year-old rejects gym but loses almost 9st walking inside tiny flat
21 Feb 2019
An 86-year-old pensioner has proved you don’t need a gym to get fit and has shed eight and a half stone by walking around her tiny one-bedroom flat. Jessica Slaughter had been too afraid of falling and hurting.....
Lack of residential care causing 'bed-blocking' but is home care really the answer?
20 Feb 2019
A total of 29,374 beds were blocked in UK hospitals last year, with a high proportion due to a lack of capacity in nursing homes or residential care homes, according to a new study. Freedom of Information.....
Millions have had concerns about their care and regret not speaking out
19 Feb 2019
Nearly seven million people across England have had concerns over their health care and social care and regret not speaking out, according to the Care Quality Commission. Over half (58 per cent) regret.....
Dementia care home residents showing aggression to try cannabis-based medicine
18 Feb 2019
The first cannabis-based medicine licensed in the UK is being trialled on care home residents between 55 and 90 years-old, displaying symptoms of agitation or aggression. Savitex is currently licensed in.....
Prince Charles says yoga for elderly can save 'expensive' NHS resources
18 Feb 2019
Prince Charles has backed plans for more yoga across the UK to keep the elderly healthy for longer and out of hospital, in a bid to to save ‘precious and expensive’ NHS resources. Yoga contributes.....
'I'll think of Grandad' says Bake off star running marathon for dementia research
15 Feb 2019
Great British Bake Off star Candice Brown has announced she is training for the London Marathon to raise money for the Dementia Revolution, a campaign by Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer’s Research UK. Ms.....
Government's care worker recruitment campaign accused of creating 'unrealistic expectations'
15 Feb 2019
Unrealistic expectations created by the government's care worker recruitment campaign will not help the sector, according to Karolina Gerlich, chief executive of the National Association of Care & Support Workers......
Mandatory learning disability and autism training for care staff to 'challenge unconscious bias'
13 Feb 2019
Up to 2.8m social care and health staff will have to undertake mandatory learning disability and autism training, teaching them to 'challenge attitudes and unconscious bias', under new government proposals. The.....
Low pay blamed for care worker recruitment crisis
12 Feb 2019
Care providers have revealed low pay to be the biggest barrier to recruiting care workers, on the same day the Government launched its national recruitment campaign to show how rewarding it is to work in care. The.....
Michael McIntyre's jokes tested to see if they stop elderly catching flu
12 Feb 2019
How funny is he? Laughter may well prove to be the best medicine but scientists are studying whether comedian Michael McIntyre is hilarous enough to make elderly laugh away the flu. Elderly exposed.....
Elderly less likely to be offered talking therapy for depression
12 Feb 2019
Older people are more likely to be offered antidepressants and less likely to be offered talking therapies, than younger people, according to new research. The study carried out by University College London.....
Care home and 'meals on wheels' suppliers stockpile food for no-deal Brexit
08 Feb 2019
Major food suppliers to care homes and elderly who rely on ‘meals on wheels’, are busy stockpiling food to prepare for a no-deal Brexit. The companies Apetito and Bidfood provide specialist food to care.....
Couple with dementia still hold hands and 'wouldn't cope apart'
05 Feb 2019
A couple in their nineties, who both receive live-in care, are still smitten with each other and “wouldn’t be able to cope if they were apart”. Marie, aged 96, and her husband Ron, 97, are still very much.....
NHS using smart meters to monitor people with dementia
04 Feb 2019
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and Liverpool John Moores University are using smart meter technology to monitor people with dementia, in a bid to reduce hospital admissions by eradicating falls and accidents. It.....
Care workers trek through snow to reach elderly home alone
01 Feb 2019
Bedbound elderly and disabled are being made a priority home care call as snow hits much of the UK, with a red alert issued for care workers to attend. 'I've been up since half five this morning'.....