Home Care News
Cera buys CRG Homecare and Allied Healthcare
29 Oct 2021
Home care provider Cera has acquired domiciliary provider CRG Homecare and Allied Healthcare, for an undisclosed sum. Allied Healthcare is one of the UK’s larger care providers specialising in home.....
Budget: Home care leader says Chancellor 'missed' chance to invest in care
28 Oct 2021
“It makes little sense to neglect people at home" and "wait until they reach crisis point” says a home care leader who has described Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget and Spending Review as a “missed opportunity” to help those needing.....
Hugh Grant gives £10,000 to plumbing charity for poor elderly and disabled
27 Oct 2021
Actor Hugh Grant has donated £10,000 to a charity offering free plumbing and heating to the elderly and disabled and is thanked for saving 'many lives'. James Anderson carries out free heating work for.....
Home care chief calls for more funding so care workers can be paid minimum of £11.14 an hour
25 Oct 2021
The Homecare Association is calling for councils to be given more funding from the government so home care workers are able to have a minimum wage of £11.14 an hour. Research by the Homecare Association has.....
Recruitment crisis sees government give £162.5m to attract care workers
22 Oct 2021
Care homes and home care providers are being given £162.5m by the government to help hire tens of thousands of care workers in response to the sector's recruitment crisis. The new workforce retention and.....
Aberdeen charity launches VSA Connect home care service
22 Oct 2021
A new home care service called VSA Connect has been set up by a charity in Aberdeen to assist adults of all ages across the city who need support in their own homes. People living with a learning disability,.....
Antiviral drugs could cut Covid's severity for those with weak immune systems
21 Oct 2021
A new antiviral medicine that can half the risk of death and hospitalisation from Covid-19 has been bought by the government to help protect older people and immunocompromised people. Some 480,000 courses.....
Care bosses join Homecare Association's Board to have 'tough conversations' about care at home
20 Oct 2021
Five care leaders have been elected as non-executive directors to the Homecare Association's Board to "hold tough conversations" and ensure “care at home is recognised and receives the investment it deserves”. Roger.....
Almost 5 million people at higher risk from Covid wait for booster jab
20 Oct 2021
Almost 5 million (4.8 million) eligible people in England who had their second Covid vaccine at least six months ago are still waiting for a booster jab to protect them this winter- including 3.3 million people aged over 60. NHS.....
Resistance training can 'reduce and reverse' elderly's frailty says academic
19 Oct 2021
The strength of older people can be boosted by resistance training which can “reduce and reverse” their frailty, an academic at University of Stirling has found. A study by the Scottish university has led.....
Assisted dying ban sees hundreds of terminally ill take their lives every year
18 Oct 2021
Up to 650 terminally ill people have taken ‘drastic measures’ to end their own lives in the UK every year and succeed in doing it, while 6,500 have attempted to, according to campaigners who want a ban on assisted dying lifted. New.....
Social care needs to be funded by government, 'not by massively hiking council tax'
15 Oct 2021
Social care in England needs an urgent injection of funding from the government, says Age UK, not a hike in council tax which will lead to hugely inflated council tax bills in some areas and a postcode lottery of care. Consistent.....
Diabetes will be the next epidemic with Covid being the cause, warn experts
14 Oct 2021
By 2030, up to 17 million people or one-in-three UK adults could have an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, not only with the rising levels of obesity but there is new evidence Covid-19 may also be triggering new cases,.....
Demand for home care has risen during pandemic, with workforce growing by nearly 10%
13 Oct 2021
Demand for home care has grown during the pandemic, with around 40,000 home care workers joining the workforce. During the same period from 2019/2020 to 2020/2021, the care home workforce has managed to stay.....
Tips on combatting malnutrition in people with dementia
13 Oct 2021
Malnutrition is a major public health issue costing the NHS over £19billion per year in England alone, according to the British Dietetic Association. There are approximately three million people in the UK.....
Duchess of Cornwall becomes patron of Silver Readers - a scheme to tackle loneliness
13 Oct 2021
The Duchess of Cornwall has become the patron of Silver Stories, an intergenerational scheme where school children read stories over the telephone to older people in their community. School children volunteer.....
Adult social care contributes over £50 billion to English economy, new report finds
12 Oct 2021
The growing adult social care sector and its skilled workforce contributes £50.3bn to the English economy and provides significant societal benefits, according to a new report published by Skills for Care. The.....
Five Nations Care Forum call on the governments of UK and Ireland to pay care workers fairly
11 Oct 2021
Leaders of care associations in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland met in London last week for the first time since the start of the pandemic to discuss issues including funding social care adequately.....
Scottish government pledges £4m boost to support wellbeing of care workers through winter
11 Oct 2021
The Scottish government has announced a £4m package of support for health and social care and is inviting care providers to identify the wellbeing services that will benefit their staff to support them through the “toughest winter”. The.....
PM says he has 'the guts' to tackle big issues like social care
06 Oct 2021
Banging his fists on the lectern, Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivered his trademark punchy prose to the party faithful at the Conservative Party conference by promising to “get social care done” and address problems “no government.....
Paralympian Jonnie Peacock: 'Don't let anything hold you back'
06 Oct 2021
Paralympian runner Jonnie Peacock, who was awarded an MBE in 2013, has revealed how he built a "solid foundation of resilience over the years" and says "this is what has kept me going". For him determination.....
Is football a killer? Doctor says headers aren't worth the high dementia risk
06 Oct 2021
Is football a killer? Is heading absolutely necessary to play football if it puts you at greater risk of dying of dementia? Dr Willie Stewart says in the podcast Let’s Talk About Care that dementia in football is an industrial disease.....
Barbara Windsor's husband raises over £170,000 for Alzheimer's by running London Marathon
05 Oct 2021
Scott Mitchell, husband of the late Dame Barbara Windsor has raised over £170,000 for Alzheimer’s Research UK by running the Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday 3 October. Mr Mitchell paid tribute to his.....