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Tory MP's plan to fix social care suggests over 50s pay £300 a year
29 Apr 2019
Damian Green, former Cabinet minister, has put forward his funding reforms for the social care system, which includes a mandatory one per cent National Insurance surcharge for everyone over 50. His report.....
Big Ben and 'Babs' army join London Marathon runners raising £3m for dementia
29 Apr 2019
Big Ben and EastEnders co-stars of actress Dame Barbara Windsor, aka Babs, are among the London Marathon runners who collectively raised over £3 million for dementia research. More than 2,000 people ran.....
Man with Parkinson's 'frozen' on train reunites with heroic stranger
29 Apr 2019
A man whose Parkinson’s medication failed, leaving him standing up ‘frozen’ on a train to Cardiff, has been reunited with the mystery passenger who came to his aid, after his Twitter appeal to find her went viral......
Labour's social care promise offers £350m to train care staff
26 Apr 2019
The Labour party has announced it will spend £2.8 billion on home care support for 160,000 more people who get no care at all and has also pledged £350 million a year to train care staff. Home.....
England is seeing rise in people requesting care but fewer receiving it
26 Apr 2019
There has been a rise in disability among working-age adults and a growth in the number of people aged 65 and over, leading to more people requesting care from their local authority but less people receiving it. An.....
Union warns private sector care workers three times more likely to be on zero hours
26 Apr 2019
Those working for private care companies earn 17 per cent lower than those in the public sector, with four in ten in the private sector leaving their job every year, according to the union GMB. GMB union.....
Fear is stifling potential use of robots in UK care homes, says AI researcher
25 Apr 2019
There is considerable stigma around the use of robots in care homes, and in the UK “we have already decided without any evidence that we don’t like the use of robotics in care,” according to a leading AI researcher. Chris.....
Take from the old and give to the young, say peers
25 Apr 2019
Peers have called on the government to deliver a 'fairer society' by axeing TV licences, free bus passes and winter fuel payments for the elderly, and giving more support to young people. The House of Lords.....
Louis Tomlinson helps 83-year-old who lost wife to dementia complete bucket list
25 Apr 2019
In Louis Tomlinson’s new video, the song has taken a back seat with the video instead focussing on 83-year-old Richard, who lost his wife to Alzheimer’s in the same month as the One Direction star lost his mum to leukemia. In.....
Mobile phone game can detect people most at risk of Alzheimer's
25 Apr 2019
Scientists have identified people who are more at risk of developing Alzheimer's, based on how they play the mobile phone game 'Sea Hero Quest'. A research team from the University of East Anglia (UEA) studied gaming data taken.....
DoLS replacement won't safeguard residents or reduce admin backlog warns care sector
25 Apr 2019
The Liberty Protection Safeguards are set to replace Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in 2020, but a group of 100 care organisations have called for a halt to the Bill, saying it will dilute existing safeguards, give care home managers.....
Older people with dangerous hearing loss warned: 'Get your ears tested!'
18 Apr 2019
Older people losing their hearing may be tempted to just turn up the volume on their hearing aids, but this could be completely risking their hearing altogether if they have a condition known as “sudden deafness”, warns a hearing.....
Care group get 100 per cent 'good' and 'outstanding' ratings across all services
17 Apr 2019
Somerset Care has announced that all of its 32 services have been given either a ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by care watchdog, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Somerset Care has 27 care homes across the south.....
Exclusive: Care Minister Caroline Dinenage on EU care workers' rights after Brexit
16 Apr 2019
"The prospect of our departure from the EU will no doubt be at the forefront of many EU nationals’ minds who either live, train or work as part of our health and care system", writes care minister Caroline Dinenage in an exclusive.....
CQC hails outstanding home care provider as 'beacon to aspire to'
16 Apr 2019
The Care Quality Commission has praised a London home care provider as ‘outstanding’, calling it a "beacon that other adult social care services should aspire to". The Good Care Group based in Waterloo,.....
Care home staff give up spare time to clear rubbish from local stream
15 Apr 2019
Care home staff in High Wycombe have given up their spare time, working with others on a community project to clean up a local stream. Staff at the Royal Star & Garter Home donned their wellies to pick out.....
Ethical home care provider in North London rated 'outstanding'
11 Apr 2019
An ethical home care provider in Camden, North London, which was hailed by the Living Wage Foundation as a leader in the care industry, has been rated ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission. Penrose.....
Thousands with dementia missing out on council tax discount
10 Apr 2019
A huge number of people with 'mental impairments' such as learning disabilities, dementia and Parkinson’s are missing out on discounts on their council tax bills, due to a lack of awareness. An investigation.....
Daredevil gran stuns onlookers with 4th wing walk at 90
10 Apr 2019
Fearless adrenaline junkie Betty Bromage has wowed care staff by taking her fourth wing walk across the freezing skies of Gloucestershire to celebrate turning 90. Held aloft on the wings of a plane hundreds.....
Care home pays tribute to care worker who took his own life
09 Apr 2019
West Park Care Home in Hull has paid tribute to care worker Peter Young, who has taken his own life, saying: "Whilst Peter was busy caring for our residents, who was caring for Peter?" Peter Young, who was.....
Scientists to explore link between sleep and dementia at UEA sleep unit
09 Apr 2019
Academics at the University of East Anglia are to explore the link between sleep and dementia at a special sleep unit. Disturbed sleep is common in people with dementia but scientists want to find out whether.....
Live-in care provider The Good Care Group acquired by Sodexo
08 Apr 2019
Sodexo, which owns Prestige Nursing + Co, is increasing its share of the home care market, with the acquisition of The Good Care Group which provides live-in care. The French catering giant has bought The.....
Retired Concorde pilot found dead at home alongside wife with dementia
04 Apr 2019
A former Concorde pilot, who flew the Queen and Princess Diana, has been found dead in the home where he cared for his wife with dementia. 'Tragic' double death Police have launched.....
Less 'dishing out' of pills for dementia patients and more music and dance says Matt Hancock
04 Apr 2019
People with dementia should be prescribed music and dance therapy and less pills, when it is in their best interests, the health secretary Matt Hancock has said at a ‘social prescribing’ event hosted by Prince Charles. Speaking.....
'Greater awareness' needed to prevent age discrimination in breast cancer care
04 Apr 2019
Despite age discrimination in health and social care services being banned in the UK since 2012, a new report from the International Longevity Centre UK (ILC) has suggested attitudes “ both on the part of older people themselves and.....
Deal or no deal, Matt Hancock says EU workers' qualifications will be recognised after Brexit
04 Apr 2019
With just days to go before the UK is scheduled to leave the EU on 12 April, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced EU workers, including nurses, will have their qualifications and registration recognised in the UK, even if Britain.....
Rise in people with dementia visiting A&E with 'nowhere else to turn'
03 Apr 2019
Accident and emergency departments in hospitals are seeing a rise in visits from people with dementia, who often require 'unnecessary' short hospital stays, according to new figures. The Dementia Intelligence.....
Care minister says care workers, unlike politicians, can 'be proud of the work they do'
02 Apr 2019
Care Minister Caroline Dinenage has told care workers that unlike politicians “when you go home at the end of the day you can be proud about the work you do” and informed carehome.co.uk that she is “hopeful” the social care green.....