Home Care News
Charities warn scrapping self-isolation and free tests will 'force' elderly and vulnerable back into isolation
24 Feb 2022
Independent Age and the MS Society are concerned ending self-isolation rules could “increase anxiety” and "force" older and vulnerable people "back into isolation" with no government support. Prime minister.....
Over a third of NHS trusts failing to provide proper communication to deaf, blind and disabled people
23 Feb 2022
Just over a third, (35 per cent) of NHS trusts are not providing proper communication to people who are blind, deaf or have a learning disability, which could be causing "serious barriers" to accessing healthcare, according to new.....
Former construction worker who became a care worker says 'go for it'
22 Feb 2022
A former construction worker who has taken on a new career by joining Westmorland Homecare as a care worker says his new job makes him feel like he is helping "friends and family.” Sam Parker, 28, spent several.....
Home Instead renames workforce as 'care professionals' to reinforce 'respect' towards staff
22 Feb 2022
Home Instead has announced that its 10,000 strong care workforce, previously called CAREGivers, be known as care professionals or collectively as care pros to "reinforce" the "admiration and respect" the company has for its people. While.....
Spring booster jab to be offered to care home residents, over 75s and immunosuppressed
21 Feb 2022
Care home residents, the over 75s and individuals aged 12 years and over who are immunosuppressed will be invited to receive an additional COVID booster vaccine to maintain their protection against severe COVID-19. The.....
Woman who took on care job after losing mum to cancer says 'small everyday moments can mean the world'
18 Feb 2022
A woman who cared for her mum, who had terminal lung cancer, was inspired to become a home care worker after finding caring came “naturally” to her. Emma Gorton, aged 42, took a break from her job as an office.....
Care homes and home care firms warned to protect themselves after Russian cyber attack
18 Feb 2022
Care providers across the UK are being warned to watch out for Russian cyber attacks and check their security arrangements in response to malicious cyber incidents in and around Ukraine. The Ukrainian government.....
82-year-old carer on crutches swims equivalent of Channel to fundraise for young carers
15 Feb 2022
An 82-year-old from Windermere has swum the equivalent of the English Channel to raise funds for charity despite having an injury that left him walking on crutches. The challenge Robert Powney decided to.....
Rules relaxed for hiring foreign care staff but bosses says it's costly and tied up in red tape
15 Feb 2022
Care workers have been put on the government’s list of occupations with a shortage of skilled workers from today – a change supposed to make it easier for the care sector to recruit from abroad but bosses say the application process.....
Bank of England boss invited to work as a care worker before asking them to shun pay rises
11 Feb 2022
The Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey, who was paid £575,000 last year, has been criticised for telling the public not to ask for big pay rises and has been invited to work as a care worker to learn what it's like to.....
Home care staff asked to respond to consultation on whether jab mandate should be scrapped
10 Feb 2022
Home care workers are being encouraged to give their views - before the 16 February deadline - in a consultation on whether the government should scrap Covid vaccination as a condition of employment in NHS and social care settings......
Abandoning self-isolation rule puts immunocompromised people at risk, warn charities
10 Feb 2022
A rule to self-isolate after testing positive for the virus could be abandoned by the end of February the prime minister has said, prompting charities to warn the lives of immunocompromised people are being put in "deadly" situations......
Home care firm offering £500 golden hellos says feeling of caring is 'incomparable'
09 Feb 2022
Home care provider Cera, which makes over 40,000 visits a day to people’s homes, is hosting recruitment open days and will give a £500 ‘golden hello' bonus to all new professional carers starting work at the company......
Social care and NHS to unite under government's new Integration White Paper
09 Feb 2022
The government has laid out plans to join social care and NHS together to stop people from "falling through the gaps" with a new Integrated White Paper. The government’s announcement will ensure patients.....
Quarter of UK bosses say long COVID is a main cause of long-term absence
09 Feb 2022
A quarter of UK employers say long COVID is now one of the main causes of long-term sickness absence among their staff, according to research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). A.....
Powerlifting grandad aged 77 beats men decades younger
09 Feb 2022
A 77-year-old weightlifting pensioner has won a powerlifting contest after beating strong men who are up to 40 years younger than him. Peter Mileham shocked himself by beating the odds to win a gold medal at the Masters 4 category.....
Disabled people make up Channel 4's entire presenting team at Beijing Paralympics
08 Feb 2022
Channel 4 has exclusive broadcast rights in the UK for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games (4-13 March) and it has announced that 100 per cent of its presenting team in China have disabilities. It is.....
Home care sector has lost over 17,500 workers since September
07 Feb 2022
The number of home care staff working in England has fallen by more than 17,500 since September, NHS England data reveals. Some 406,365 domiciliary care staff were working in registered care settings.....
Leicestershire home care team calls on community to help create dementia sensory garden
04 Feb 2022
A Leicestershire home care agency is calling on the community to help donate furniture and plants so the team can create a dementia sensory garden where people will feel "safe and happy." The team from Home Instead (Leicester, Charnwood, Loughborough & Coalville).....
Energy price hike will see 'worsening fuel poverty,' warn charities
03 Feb 2022
Age UK and Revitalise have expressed “bitter disappointment” and “dismay” with the announcement that millions of households will have to pay an extra £693 a year on their energy bills, from next April. The.....
The Care Workers' Charity announces Donald Macaskill as new ambassador
03 Feb 2022
Dr Donald Macaskill has joined the Care workers' Charity (CWC) as its new ambassador to help “spread awareness of their work” in Scotland. For the last six years, Dr Donald Macaskill has been chief executive.....
Scottish home care provider launches campaign to recruit one care worker per day in 2022
02 Feb 2022
2022 is "shaping up to be the biggest" 12 months HRM Homecare Services will see in its 27 year history as it launches a new recruitment drive which will take on an extra 365 home carers in a year or the equivalent of one a day. This.....
North West home care provider buys fleet of mopeds to attract new care workers
01 Feb 2022
Home care provider Alcedo Care has launched a new pilot scheme that could help ease the social care crisis across the North West by purchasing mopeds. When the company started noticing that more than 50 per.....
U-turn on mandatory vaccine won't bring back 'skilled' home care workers who have already quit
01 Feb 2022
Home care chiefs have welcomed the government’s U-turn on mandatory Covid vaccinations for all NHS and home care workers due to come into force in April, but raised fears they may have already lost "skilled workers forever" at a time.....