Home Care News
London home care agency helps alcoholics as drink problems worsen during lockdown
29 May 2020
A home care agency in London is giving support via video calls to addicts whose drinking problems have worsened during lockdown. is not only a home care agency supporting the elderly and vulnerable.....
Footballer and Miss England contestant hangs up boots and sash to become care worker
29 May 2020
A Miss England contestant and professional footballer has hung up her sash and boots to help the vulnerable in her Worcester community by becoming a frontline care worker. Erin Smith, 18, joined Caremark Worcester & Malvern Hills.....
World's oldest man Bob Weighton aged 112 dies
29 May 2020
The world's oldest man Bob Weighton, from Alton in Hampshire, has died of cancer at the age of 112. Bob Weighton died peacefully in his sleep from cancer on the morning of Thursday 28 May at his apartment.....
Home care agency to retrain redundant airline staff in new recruitment drive
28 May 2020
A national recruitment drive to retrain thousands of airline staff into care workers has been unveiled. Home care provider Cera Care Ltd has partnered up with industry body Airlines UK to offer 10,000 new.....
Small care providers can order PPE through new government portal
27 May 2020
The health secretary has announced small care homes and home care providers can register on a new online portal to order critical PPE. From this week, small care homes with 24 beds or less, home care domiciliary.....
Alzheimer's Society and Carers UK included in £22 million life-saving government grant
26 May 2020
Health Minister Nadine Dorries announced £22 million in government funding will be given to life-saving charities to help them through the coronavirus pandemic. This funding will include six million pounds.....
Prince William calls for shift in attitudes to care sector after video call with home care worker
22 May 2020
The Duke of Cambridge spoke to five keyworkers from the care sector in a video call and thanked them for the “fantastic job” they are doing during the pandemic, saying “it’s hugely appreciated and acknowledged”. He added: “I hope.....
Care workers to get payout for coronavirus-related death from frontline work
22 May 2020
Care workers in England can benefit from a life assurance scheme that entitles their families to a payout if they die of coronavirus contracted from working during the pandemic. The government has extended.....
80-year-old UN ambassador who met Nelson Mandela recovers from COVID-19
21 May 2020
An 80-year-old former UN ambassador who has met Nelson Mandella, Desmond Tutu and Muhammad Ali is at home making a full recovery after spending six weeks in hospital fighting COVID-19. Once an Ambassador.....
Charities say transparent face masks could stop isolation for nine million deaf
18 May 2020
Nine charities led by the National Deaf Children’s Society are calling on Public Health England and NHS England to commission transparent face masks, saying it will make a "monumental difference" to deaf people. The.....
Trials begin to see if dogs can detect COVID-19 in humans
18 May 2020
Trials are set to begin in the UK for specially-trained COVID dogs who may be able to sniff symptoms of the disease in humans even before symptoms appear. The six COVID dogs, made up of Labradors and cocker.....
Care workers vital during COVID-19 but are unwelcome and unskilled in immigration bill
18 May 2020
MPs are challenging the government’s “unfair” view of care workers in Westminster as they debate and vote on an immigration bill which classes care workers as low-skilled. Care workers' role as 'critical.....
170% rise in deaths amongst people reliant on home care
18 May 2020
There has been a 170 per cent rise in the number of people dying who receive home care, with 1,990 more deaths than the three-year average for 10 April to 8 May. Over the past month, from 10 April (when.....
COVID-19 costs for PPE prompt home care bosses to ask Chancellor for zero-rated VAT
14 May 2020
Home care bosses have written to Chancellor Rishi Sunak asking that he change the ‘punitive’ VAT status of social care providers from ‘exempt’ from VAT to ‘zero-rated’ so that they can reclaim VAT on expenses for PPE and other costs......
Care boss angered by crowded buses wants PM to pay for bikes and cars for care workers
13 May 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's call for all who can’t work from home to go back to work on has led to packed buses and angered a home care boss who is demanding the government fund cycles or cars for care workers to keep them safe......
'Been hungry a few nights' says disabled person as COVID-19 poll reveals disabled feel 'written off'
11 May 2020
Disabled people in lockdown reveal poor access to care, medicine and food is leaving some going hungry and others suicidal, according to a new poll. Almost half of disabled people and their carers (45 per.....
COVID-19: Isle of Wight test, track and trace app launched giving care workers more 'confidence'
07 May 2020
Starting from today, all residents on the Isle of Wight can download and use the official COVID-19 contact tracing app. For many care workers, the app which can be downloaded onto smartphone will bring confidence.....
Home care chief calls for home care to be 'centre stage' in government's fight against COVID-19
06 May 2020
Jane Townson, chief executive of UKHCA, which represents home care companies, is calling for home care to be “centre stage” in the government’s battle to contain the coronavirus. She argues that home care.....
Lockdown calls for help from people with dementia and their carers rocket by 550%
06 May 2020
The Alzheimer's Society is facing huge online demand for dementia support during the lockdown with a 550 per cent leap in the number of people joining its Talking Point service, while Dementia UK is also seeing a big rise in calls.....
PPE supplier 'barely getting any sleep' as he works all hours to keep up with demand
05 May 2020
The demand for PPE from care providers and hospitals is so intense that one PPE supplier revealed he is “barely getting any sleep” and working all the hours he can. Since the pandemic took hold, frontline.....
Care Workers Charity appeal hits £1 million target for care workers on the frontline
05 May 2020
Over £1 million has been raised for self-isolating care workers financially impacted by the coronavirus and The Care Workers Charity (CWC) now hopes to raise £2 million to stop its much-needed funds running out. A.....
Attitude to ageing is changing as Judi Dench becomes Vogue's oldest cover star
05 May 2020
At the age of 85, Oscar-winning actress Dame Judi Dench has become the oldest person ever to feature on the cover of a British Vogue magazine in its 104-year history. Dame Judi Dench best known for her roles.....
Norfolk's first Admiral Nurse returns to support families of dementia through pandemic
05 May 2020
Admiral Nurse Zena Aldridge has returned to the Central Norfolk Admiral Nurse team where she first began in 2014 to help support families through the COVID-19 pandemnic. Dementia affects whole families. The.....
Welsh care workers to receive £500 bonus, with calls for English government to follow suit
04 May 2020
Campaigners in England are calling on the government to match a £500 bonus the Welsh government is giving to all care staff who provide personal care. The first minister has announced around 64,000 care workers.....
Coronavirus: You Are The Champions - Queen dedicate lockdown version to world frontline workers
01 May 2020
Linking up virtually between the UK and Los Angeles Brian May, Roger Taylor and Adam Lambert have recorded a new version of the Queen’s classic, We Are The Champions. Proceeds raised from the track will.....
Home care leaders welcome no VAT on PPE until 31 July
01 May 2020
The Treasury has temporarily scrapped VAT on the sale of essential personal protective equipment (PPE) for all during the coronavirus crisis. From 1 May, PPE purchased by home care providers, care homes,.....