Home Care News
Quarter of home care workers in Wales sought help with their mental health during pandemic
28 Jan 2022
The mental health of home care staff during the pandemic was “extremely underestimated” according to researchers, who found a quarter of home workers in Wales sought medical help or received treatment related to their mental health.....
Scientists to investigate whether buddy scheme improves mobility in older people
28 Jan 2022
Academics from the University of Birmingham are carrying out research into whether a volunteer buddy scheme can boost the mobility of older people and help them maintain their mobility for longer. It is hoped.....
People with dementia less likely to develop delirium if they see same GP each time
27 Jan 2022
People with dementia who get to see the same GP each time are given fewer medicines and are less likely to develop delirium and incontinence and have an emergency hospitalisation, according to a new study. The.....
Government urged to ditch mandatory vaccine for home care workers over 'highly questionable' scientific evidence
24 Jan 2022
The government has been criticised as “particularly reckless” for continuing with the policy of a mandatory vaccine for the home care workforce, with home care chiefs saying the science justifying the regulations is “highly questionable”. The.....
Woman fears she and dog will starve as rising energy bills leave over-65s scared to heat homes
21 Jan 2022
Millions of people aged over 65 are worrying about how they will keep the heating on at home because of rising energy bills and one 74-year-old woman fears higher costs will leave her unable to eat food or feed her dog who is “my.....
Home care workers must have first Covid jab by 3 February to keep their jobs
21 Jan 2022
Unvaccinated home care workers, who are not medically exempt, are required to have their first dose of a Covid vaccine by 3 February, in order to keep their jobs and comply with the government's vaccination rules coming into force.....
Ex-figure skater who survived stroke feels Right At Home attending Dancing on Ice show
20 Jan 2022
A keen figure skater, who survived a stroke that left her needing home care, has been granted a wish to see skaters in action during the live filming of TV show Dancing on Ice. Amateur figure skater Alison.....
Hospital boss says 300 patients have nowhere to go because of 'crisis in home care'
19 Jan 2022
Northamptonshire Hospitals' chief executive Simon Weldon has revealed the county’s hospitals have 300 patients who could be discharged but have nowhere to go because of staff shortages in the care sector. The.....
Home care provider Voyage Care employing 10,000 workers sold for undisclosed sum
19 Jan 2022
Home care provider Voyage Care, which employs more than 10,000 staff to care for over 3,500 people with learning and physical difficulties, brain injury and autism, has been sold to UK investment firm Wren House. Voyage.....
Home Office hosts foreign care worker recruitment webinars
18 Jan 2022
The Home Office is hosting two webinars for the care sector to describe the recruitment process for overseas care staff under the government’s points-based immigration system. The one-hour sessions on 21.....
Home care firm's 4-day week creates happier, more productive workforce
18 Jan 2022
Fairway Homecare's introduction of a four-day week for its head office staff - without cutting their pay- has led to a happier, more productive workforce. With almost 40 employees in its head office in Sutton.....
Home care providers under 'intolerable' pressure to take hospital patients
17 Jan 2022
Home care providers are facing “intolerable pressure” to accept new care requests from hospitals struggling to meet targets - prompting the chief executive of the Homecare Association to call the issue “a slow-motion car crash”......
Scotland's first gym for disabled people helps those facing 'societal' barriers
17 Jan 2022
Scotland's first gym for disabled people has opened its doors to help those facing physical and "societal" obstacles at mainstream fitness centres. Personal trainer Dale Robertson, who has been helping.....
Free PPE to all front line workers for another year will be a 'welcome relief,' say care chiefs
14 Jan 2022
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced free PPE for all frontline health and care staff has been extended until 31 March 2023. The move follows a public consultation which was launched in.....
ADASS warns half of England's councils are taking 'difficult decisions' over who 'misses out' on care this winter
14 Jan 2022
More than half of councils in England are currently taking difficult decisions with who gets care and “who misses out,” as ADASS warns social care is now heading into a “national emergency” this winter. Responding.....
Staff at home care provider rated 'outstanding' are 'polite, kind' and 'respectful'
13 Jan 2022
Abbots Care Ltd in Hertfordshire is celebrating being rated 'outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for the second consecutive year, with its founder saying they are "over the moon". The inspectors.....
Care homes turn away new residents as staff shortages worsen
13 Jan 2022
Nearly half of care homes have closed their doors to new residents and two-thirds of home care providers are turning down requests for home care, due to staff shortages caused by Covid and the mandatory vaccine, according to the National.....
Northumbria NHS Trust to be first in England to provide home care services to community
13 Jan 2022
An NHS Trust based in the North East has revealed plans to help hospitals cope with “freeing up” beds by providing home care services to the community, making it the first in England to do so. The Northumbria.....
Volunteers from 'all walks of life' encouraged to take part in new Parkinson's trial
11 Jan 2022
With 10 million people worldwide diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a research team from Exeter University is inviting people from "all walks of life" to take part in a series of trials to find new ways of understanding what happens.....
Alcedo Care appoints new head of recruitment as company plans to expand in 2022
10 Jan 2022
Home care group Alcedo Care has appointed John Townley as its new group head of recruitment operations with plans to recruit 1000 new care professionals which will see the company double in size in 2022. In.....
Bluebird Care staff undergo training to 'understand' what life is like living with dementia
10 Jan 2022
Care workers and supervisors from two home care branches based in the south west underwent a Training 2 Care’s dementia tour earlier this month to experience and understand what it is like to be in the “shoes of a person” experiencing.....
MPs say social care must be part of recovery plan as NHS waiting list hits record levels
07 Jan 2022
MPs are calling for a broader national health and care recovery plan by April 2022, that as well as fixing the NHS backlog, also encompasses emergency care, mental health, primary care, community care and social care, saying ‘without.....
Right at Home launches national recruitment campaign to encourage people into social care
07 Jan 2022
Right at Home UK has launched a nationwide recruitment campaign designed to encourage more people to take up this “rewarding” career in social care. The campaign, named New Year: New Career provides detailed.....
Hospitals urged to prioritise people with learning disabilities, as NHS struggles with backlog due to pandemic
06 Jan 2022
A charity is calling on hospitals to prioritise people with learning disabilities, after MPs revealed NHS waiting lists in England have hit record levels. While a cross-party House of Commons Health Committee has warned more than.....
Charity warns 150,000 extra elderly will have to choose between food or heating this winter
05 Jan 2022
With wholesale energy prices soaring over the past year, an estimated 150,000 extra older households will plunge into fuel poverty this winter making people choose between “cutting down on food” or “turning down their heating,” according.....
Bluebird Care creates 50 new jobs this winter to help combat 'loneliness and isolation'
04 Jan 2022
Bluebird Care in Croydon has announced it is creating 50 new job opportunities to employ care workers who can offer the “elderly and vulnerable members” of the community help with “loneliness and isolation” as they spend time alone.....