Home Care News
Brexit 'a total mess' says England's oldest man sharing 111th birthday with Scot
29 Mar 2019
Britain’s oldest men both turned 111-years-old on 29 March – the same day the country was originally due to leave the EU - but as they celebrate a happy birthday, one has called Brexit “a total mess”. England’s.....
Ninety-two-year-old gets back in pool after decades calling it 'best day of my life'
29 Mar 2019
With the help of her care worker, a nonagenarian has taken up swimming again after decades, calling it the “best day of my life”. The 92-year-old hadn’t been in a swimming pool in years. But she now swims.....
Psychology of Care: Care isn't seen as work because women do it
27 Mar 2019
People love it when the female-dominated care workforce go ‘the extra mile’; rationalising their sacrifice is for the greater good of elderly and disabled - but doing extra work unpaid lets society and the law off the hook, says an.....
Hospital discharges fail too many patients needing home care, charity reveals
25 Mar 2019
Too many people are ‘falling through the gaps’ and must face unmet care needs when they leave hospital to go back home, a report by the British Red Cross reveals. Findings from British Red Cross research.....
Home care workers can now upskill to become nursing associates
20 Mar 2019
Bluebird Care in Lincolnshire is the first home care provider in England, to offer a training programme enabling its care workers to upskill and become nursing associates. A nursing associate is a new role.....
WW2 veteran is 'living again' after winning court battle to die at home
20 Mar 2019
A blind 98-year-old war veteran who won a High Court battle to leave his care home, says he feels he is ‘living again’ thanks to his return to his Southend bungalow, where he now receives home care. Pensioner.....
Staff turnover in social care cited as highest of any sector in UK
19 Mar 2019
The care sector has the highest staff turnover rate of all sectors in the UK, with one in three workers leaving the sector every year, according to a new report by the Care Association Alliance. The ‘Social.....
Scotland gets its first dementia friendly woodland
18 Mar 2019
A woodland in the Highlands is the first in Scotland to become dementia friendly. The area around the woodland cabin has been resurfaced to make it easier to walk around and new dementia friendly signage.....
PM admits 'failings' as DWP assessment mistakes led to suicide of mum of nine
13 Mar 2019
In Parliament, MP Paul Williams sought an apology from the Prime Minister for the family of a constituent who had committed suicide after being sanctioned for missing a work capability assessment due to health problems. Jodey.....
Hospital patients are to receive free sanitary products from this summer
13 Mar 2019
NHS England has announced all women and girls being cared for by the NHS will be given appropriate sanitary products free of charge, if requested by the patient, from this summer onwards. Some hospitals.....
Charity urges action over 'vast differences' in death rates for poor and wealthy elderly
13 Mar 2019
The Centre for Ageing Better is calling for a radical rethink from the government, businesses and charities, after its report highlighted that today’s over 50s on low incomes are more likely to die younger and become sick earlier.....
Amputee smashes able-bodied Atlantic rowing record: 'He's only bloody just gone and done it!'
11 Mar 2019
An amputee who lost his leg in an accident has just beaten the able-bodied world record for a solo row across the Atlantic, by 36 days. Ex-Marine, Lee Spencer, from Horrabridge, Devon, crossed from mainland.....
It's not a 'woman's job' to look after ageing parents, says Age UK boss
08 Mar 2019
"It's hard work, it's exhausting, I don't think there's a day gone by in the last three years where I've not sat there and cried my eyes out" says Sarah, who is a ‘sandwich carer’ looking after her mum and two children. 'Breaking.....
Home care director spends seven days in total isolation to experience loneliness
08 Mar 2019
The director of a home care provider in Hampshire has just spent seven days locked away in a flat with no contact with the outside world, to experience loneliness, calling it “one of the hardest and emotionally testing weeks” of her.....
Care minister Caroline Dinenage tells sexist trolls women 'won't be stopped'
08 Mar 2019
Caroline Dinenage, the government minister responsible for social care, has read out a sexist tweet she received in her current job, which calls her “a worthless c##t”. The Conservative MP agreed to.....
Pensioners hold protest over government scrapping free TV licences
07 Mar 2019
Hundreds of pensioners joined a protest against the government’s decision to pass the buck and leave it up to the BBC to decide whether the currently free TV licences for over 75s should be scrapped or means-tested. The.....
86-year-old driver who is anti-ageism's poster girl calls Prince Philip 'careless'
06 Mar 2019
Ever since she was told 73 years ago that "women don't drive", advanced motorist Thelma Bradshaw has been battling sexism and is now fighting ageism too but she still won’t let Prince Philip off the hook. The.....
Amber Rudd announces scrapping of controversial PIP payment review for pensioners
05 Mar 2019
Amber Rudd has cited her father’s blindness as the motivating factor in an announcement that the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) is to scrap repeat tests for pensioners receiving PIP payments. This.....
Care worker of the year inspires nine-year-old son to work in care
05 Mar 2019
Home Instead Senior Care’s caregiver of the year has made his son so proud, he has told his classmates when he grows up he wants to be a care worker, just like his dad. After Mike Bradbury won the title of.....