Home Care News
Bedbound with long Covid 'I went 12 days without having a shower'
30 Mar 2022
Twelve days without a shower, needing to lie down after brushing your teeth and suicidal thoughts was normal for a couple left bedbound for a year because of long Covid. While 2021 may have felt uneventful.....
TV's Lorraine Kelly joins forces with home care firm to end taboo of talking about care
29 Mar 2022
The UK’s biggest home care company, Home Instead, is sponsoring the podcast of TV’s Lorraine Kelly and her journalist daughter Rosie, to encourage Britons to talk to their ageing relatives about care. The.....
Rishi Sunak's 5p fuel duty cut 'no way sufficient' for home care staff facing high pump prices
25 Mar 2022
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a cut to fuel duty by 5p a litre, effective from 6pm on 23 March, but the move has been criticised for being ‘no way sufficient’ for home care workers struggling to pay higher fuel costs. Announcing.....
'Menopause-friendly' workplace created by home care provider
24 Mar 2022
Home care provider Bluebird Care North Hampshire & West Berkshire has pledged to create a menopause-friendly workplace to help older women reach their full potential at work. With six in ten menopausal.....
Exclusive: Care leader says staff deserve a national minimum care worker wage
24 Mar 2022
Care workers should be rewarded for their hard work with a new national care worker minimum wage, Karolina Gerlich, the executive director of the Care Workers' Charity has revealed in an exclusive interview......
Alcedo Care invests £250,000 to create new complex care division
24 Mar 2022
The north west home care group is to offer a range of nurse-led clinical care services to patients in their own homes with an aim to take “further pressure” off the NHS. More acute and intensive services.....
Nearly 60,000 unpaid carers in Wales to get £500 pandemic payment
23 Mar 2022
Over 57,000 unpaid carers in Wales are to receive a £500 payment in recognition of the pivotal role they have played during the pandemic and the “financial and emotional hardships they have experienced”. The.....
Elderly abuse victims can now call helpline 24/7
23 Mar 2022
A charity which tackles abuse and neglect of older people is making its helpline available 24/7 to help combat the “unacceptable levels of abuse” against older people. According to Hourglass, as many as 2.7.....
The Care Innovation Challenge is back to improve quality of life for those receiving care
22 Mar 2022
Applicants are being invited to take part in the Care Innovation Challenge where they can help “improve the quality of life of those receiving care in the UK.” Taking place in July, the Care Innovation Challenge.....
Homecare Association helps Age International support Ukraine's elderly and disabled
22 Mar 2022
The Homecare Association has pledged to help older people and the disabled trapped in Ukraine by fundraising for Age International. Age International currently has over 200 staff and volunteers from local.....
Care home residents, over 75s and immunosuppressed to be offered Spring booster vaccine
21 Mar 2022
Care home residents, over 75s and immunosuppressed can now book a Spring COVID booster jab as new research shows autumn booster starts to wain between three and seven months increasing the risk of hospitalisation and death. The.....
Ukelele band is helping people with dementia 'recover' from pandemic
18 Mar 2022
With over half of people with dementia reporting they had increased memory loss during the pandemic, a ukelele band is "helping open up their brains again". Based in West Berkshire, Helen Bates plays ukulele.....
Lancashire home care provider 'passionate' about 'achieving best outcomes' rated 'outstanding'
18 Mar 2022
A home care provider in Lancashire where staff members are seen as ‘passionate’ about supporting clients to ‘achieve best outcomes,’ has been rated by the care regulator as ‘outstanding’. Westmorland Homecare.....
Social Care Day of Remembrance and Reflection: 969 care workers lost their lives to Covid
17 Mar 2022
Care home and home care staff have been remembering those who lost their lives in the pandemic on the Social Care Day of Remembrance and Reflection. The remembrance day on 17 March is being held by 21 organisations.....
Radfield Home Care branch launched to support local hospice
17 Mar 2022
A Radfield Home Care branch has been launched to directly support Colchester based charity, St Helena Hospice and help generate funds to grow “vital services" for patients and families facing grief. Radfield.....
Mencap works with Holby City to highlight challenges facing some families of people with disabilities
16 Mar 2022
Mencap has worked with BBC One’s Holby City, to highlight people with a learning disability who “struggle” to access the correct support at home when they display signs of challenging behaviour. The episode,.....
Care Workers' charity paid out over £1m worth of grants for struggling care workers in 2021
16 Mar 2022
In 2021, £1,061,138 of Covid-19 emergency fund grants were awarded to 1897 care workers who struggled with daily costs of living, mental health and wellbeing and financial support whilst isolating from Covid. The.....
Government consultation launched to help improve care for people with acquired brain injuries
15 Mar 2022
The government is inviting people whose lives have been affected by acquired brain injuries (ABI) as well as their families, healthcare professionals and charities to give ideas on how to improve care and treatment, as part of a new.....
Home care co-founder retires after 30 years service
14 Mar 2022
Janice King, the co-founder of Manorcourt Homecare, is retiring after working for 30 years in the sector and says she is leaving the business in “good hands.” Ms King helped set up Manorcourt Homecare in 1999.....
'Relief' as 21 Ukrainian children arrive in UK for life-saving cancer treatment
14 Mar 2022
Ukrainian children “forced out of their home country” are to receive life-saving cancer treatment in England after being flown in from Poland by the UK government. The 21 children and their immediate family.....
Health secretary asks public how to make Scotland the 'best place in the world to grow old'
11 Mar 2022
Older people, care staff and doctors are being asked by Scottish health secretary Humza Yousaf how adult social care services need to change to make Scotland "the best place in the world to grow old". The.....
Boris Johnson's care cap change to make poor pay more rejected by Lords
08 Mar 2022
Prime minister Boris Johnson’s last minute change to a care cap that would have forced poorer people to pay more, has been rejected by the House of Lords. Peers voted 198-158 for an amendment to the Health.....
Home care firm Cera's first global expansion to Germany is 'first of many'
08 Mar 2022
British home care company Cera is making its first ever international expansion into Germany by offering care and nursing services in the homes of people living in Berlin and Potsdam. Keen to tackle social.....
Mild Covid can shrink the brain causing cognitive decline, Oxford study reveals
08 Mar 2022
The brains of people infected mildly with Covid-19 have shrunk and suffered a loss in grey matter linked to smell and taste, a study by University of Oxford reveals. Academics examined the brain scans of.....
Mindfulness therapy reduces chronic pain by 'adopting the perspective of an observer'
07 Mar 2022
Mindfulness therapy has been found to reduce chronic pain and lessen the use of opioids in a large-scale clinical trial. A total of 250 adults with chronic pain on long-term opioids (medication prescribed.....
Sajid Javid says all care providers must use digital care records
04 Mar 2022
Around 40 per cent of care providers are “still grappling entirely with paper-based records”, says Health and Social Care secretary Sajid Javid, who is calling on them to accelerate the roll out of digital records and shore up "cyber.....
Care group's 'personal touches' like restocking fridge help people leave hospital to recover at home
03 Mar 2022
More people are being helped to recover from sickness and injury in their own home after a hospital stay, thanks to efforts by staff at CHD Care at Home to offer “personal touches” to prepare homes such as turning heating on, changing.....
Home care workers' 'heroic actions' recognised with 17% pay rise
02 Mar 2022
A 17 per cent pay rise is being given to care workers in Devon employed by the home care firm Bluebird Care, in recognition of their ‘heroic actions’ during the Covid-19 pandemic. The offices of Bluebird.....
After loss of 20,000 home care workers, bosses welcome 'no jab no job' U-turn
02 Mar 2022
Almost 20,000 home care workers have left their jobs since September when the government first announced its 'no jab no job' policy but its decision to scrap it from 15 March, has been welcomed by care bosses......
Tube strikers branded 'selfish' for hindering care workers visiting London's old and disabled
01 Mar 2022
Care workers in London desperately trying to make home care visits to the elderly and disabled on Tuesday (1 March) were left struggling to make it onto packed buses, as Tube strikes hit the capital's entire underground network. Care.....
NHS prescribes comedy courses to help people with 'mental health,' addiction and 'trauma'
01 Mar 2022
A comedian has developed a new wellbeing project which involves laughter being prescribed to patients to help them "recover" from mental health issues and "traumas". Comedian in residence at Bristol University.....
Home care firm recruiting refugees is keen to 'help' after Russia invades Ukraine
01 Mar 2022
British home care firm Cera which pledged to train and hire 500 Afghan refugees in the UK when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan last year, has said it is eager to try to help the people of Ukraine, following Russia’s invasion......
Virtual home care training boosts staff retention with classes to suit busy mums
01 Mar 2022
Home care provider Extra Hands has created a ‘virtual’ training suite that can mimic face-to-face learning "as closely as possible", while boosting staff retention by allowing mums on the school run to learn at times that suit them. Norfolk.....