Home Care News
Live in care worker: 77-year-old told me 'I was her best friend'
29 Jun 2018
Bozenna Zalewska says people employed in home care shouldn't be afraid to "give their heart", which is how she changed the life of a woman she cared for. Born in Poland and living for 34 years in Greece,.....
Hunt for WW2 veteran's stolen medals goes viral on Facebook
29 Jun 2018
A 98-year-old WW2 hero who had his five war medals stolen last weekend, has gone viral on Facebook, with an appeal posted by his nephew being shared 90,000 times. As a result, a medal collector has even donated ‘replacement’ medals.....
Lost Voice Guy: 'Disabled community appreciates me taking the mick out of my disability'
28 Jun 2018
Lee Ridley aka Lost Voice Guy, who recently won Britain’s Got Talent has revealed that the “disabled community appreciates someone who can take the mick out of themselves more than most, because they know how it feels.” Lee,.....
Care workers and people with disabilities lobby Parliament over sleep-in back pay
27 Jun 2018
The #SolveSleepIns Alliance has been lobbying Parliament today to highlight their growing anxiety over the sleep-in back pay crisis. Last year the Government said care providers had to pay back home care.....
Over 40s, bosses and retired should pay social care tax say MPs
27 Jun 2018
MPs are calling for a new tax to cover the costs of social care to be paid by all except those under the age of 40. ‘Intergenerational fairness’ A ‘Social Care Premium’ to be paid.....
Actor Simon Pegg narrates dementia film starring 3D-printed brain
26 Jun 2018
Simon Pegg, star of Shaun of the Dead, Run Fatboy Run and Hot Fuzz has lent his voice to a new film about dementia which highlights the disease’s impact on the brain’s size using a 3D printer. Narrated.....
People with dementia should be involved in decisions about their care, says NICE
22 Jun 2018
People with dementia should be encouraged and helped to give their own views and opinions about their care, according to new guidance from NICE which has been updated for the first time in 10 years. They.....
Home care provider launches campaign to make every staff member feel proud
22 Jun 2018
Home care provider Caremark has launched an initiative to make every member of staff feel proud of what they do. Its nationwide internal culture campaign aims to ‘bring a real sense of belonging, pride and.....
Care home group joins forces with trade union to make caring an 'aspirational' career
21 Jun 2018
HC-One, the UK’s largest care home provider and the GMB Union have joined forces and launched Careforce to address the care recruitment crisis and change the image of care so it is seen as a positive career option. Tim.....
Dr Barton linked to 656 deaths as lethal painkillers shorten pensioners' lives
21 Jun 2018
At least 456 elderly people died from lethal doses of painkillers prescribed by Dr Jane Barton, who is also linked to the deaths of 200 more people in an NHS cover up that has been described as an institutionalised 'shortening of.....
Bereaved mum calls for mandatory learning disability training
20 Jun 2018
A mum of an 18-year-old who died in hospital after a reaction to anti-psychotic drugs, has called for all health professionals to be given mandatory learning disability training. Oliver McGowan had a mild.....
Obese dummies weighing 40 stone used to train care workers
20 Jun 2018
Mannequins filled with steel ball bearings and weighing as much as 40 stone are being used to help care workers practise caring for morbidly obese people. A rising number of morbidly obese people in Britain.....
Dementia risk to become part of over NHS Health Check for over 40s
20 Jun 2018
GPs and nurses will now be able to advise patients over 40 on how they can reduce their dementia risk, as part of the NHS England Health Check. The health check is recommended every five years for people.....
Is the medical use of cannabis about to be legalised in the UK?
19 Jun 2018
Harold Wilson once said "a week is a long time in politics", but even so, the Government’s ideological shift this week on the legalisation of medicinal cannabis, from blanket disapproval to calls of ‘why not?’ has developed at breakneck.....
Theresa May's delay of green paper ignores elderly who 'deserve better'
19 Jun 2018
Social care's long-awaited green paper has been postponed again until the autumn, the health secretary Jeremy Hunt has told MPs. Speaking in the House of Commons, Jeremy Hunt dropped the bombshell on Monday.....
Social care must wait till 2020 for money while NHS gets £20bn
18 Jun 2018
Care leaders have expressed their anger over social care having to wait until 2020 for extra money, despite the Prime Minister promising the NHS £20bn more a year over five years as a 70th birthday present. Prime.....
Elderly should be looked after by 'care-bots' to save time and money
15 Jun 2018
The elderly should be looked after by ‘care-bots’ and hospital patients should be given ‘bedside robots’ to feed them and rehabilitate them, according to a think tank. The recommendations by the IPPR think.....
World Cup 2018: Is 101-year-old dad and 75-year-old son world's oldest fan and player?
14 Jun 2018
It's World Cup time! Never mind the next generation getting inspired by England striker Harry Kane and the world's best footballers, there’s hope for the older national side thanks to a septuagenarian playing for England......
Sainsbury's introduce 'slow-moving' checkout lanes for dementia shoppers
14 Jun 2018
Sainsbury’s has begun rolling out ‘slow-moving’ checkout lanes throughout the UK, so people with dementia can shop at a “more relaxed pace”. The supermarket giant has already been running the initiative at.....
Britain's longest-serving poppy seller aged 103, awarded MBE
11 Jun 2018
Britain's longest-serving poppy seller has been appointed an MBE in the Queen's birthday honours list and is said to be ‘over the moon’. Rosemary Powell, aged 103, was honoured just a week after stepping.....
Lack of GP support creates a generation of carers with mental health illness
11 Jun 2018
Nearly three-quarters of carers in the UK have experienced mental ill health due to caring responsibilities, with over half saying they expect their physical health to worsen in the next two years, according to a research report released.....
Ethical home care firm hailed champion of living wage movement
07 Jun 2018
Home care provider Penrose Care has been hailed as a leader in the care industry for its contribution to the living wage movement and ethical working practices. Penrose Care has been awarded the Living.....
77-year-old braves zip wire to raise money for Welsh nursery
07 Jun 2018
A daredevil grandmother completed a daunting zip wire challenge in Snowdonia to help raise money for the outdoor play area of a Welsh-speaking nursery. Carys Thomas aged 77 won the zip wire challenge at a.....
Care minister: 'We're missing a trick' if we don't help informal carers like my mother
05 Jun 2018
Hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers across England will have better job prospects, the Care Minister has promised as part of an action plan she hoped her own mother ‘could have benefitted from’ when she was a carer. Care.....
Scotland opens its first dementia friendly park
05 Jun 2018
Kings Park in Stirling, Scotland, has been transformed to allow those with dementia to have a stroll outdoors and still feel safe. To create a welcoming outdoor space for people living with dementia, the.....
Pensioner escapes iTunes fraudster's trap thanks to quick-thinking staff
04 Jun 2018
A 65-year-old woman has been saved from giving £1,500 worth of iTunes vouchers to a fraudster who called her home, thanks to staff at her local Tesco store. The woman was left shaking after being threatened.....
Elderly feel suicidal over battle to get care at home
01 Jun 2018
Older people are living in misery without home care and some like ’Brian’ have considered taking their own life because council cuts have taken away 3 million hours of home care since 2015, leaving them trapped without help in a.....