Home Care News
Bluebird Care staff praised at awards ceremony for 'transforming lives'
29 Nov 2019
Care workers at Bluebird Care have been praised at its national awards ceremony for “doing an amazing job and transforming lives”. Martin Green, chief executive of Care England and one of the awards judges,.....
2019 Election: Labour pledges £10.8 bn for free personal care while Boris Johnson sidelines social care
28 Nov 2019
Labour’s manifesto has promised an end to 15-minute home care visits and is offering a £10.8 billion investment in free personal care for the over 65s, while Conservative leader Boris Johnson has shied away from identifying how he.....
Korean officials visit UK to find out how older people care for fellow elderly
27 Nov 2019
A home care provider where older people help care for their fellow elderly, recently received a visit from a group of Korean government officials, due to its success in caring for the elderly as well as empowering those giving the.....
LGBT people with dementia to get more tailored support
27 Nov 2019
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people living with dementia will be able to access tailored help, information and support for themselves and their family, due to the Guinness Partnership joining forces with the LGBT Foundation’s.....
Two in three Britons are unpaid carers during their lifetime
26 Nov 2019
Two-thirds of people in the UK have been an unpaid carer for a relative or friend over the last two decades, according to new figures from Carers UK. Their new report with analysis of data by Sheffield and.....
Parkrunners raise £1.5m for speedy dementia research breakthrough
22 Nov 2019
Thousands of parkrunners' efforts to keep fit have raised a healthy £1.5 million for the charity Alzheimer’s Research. Runners from all walks of life from across the UK have tackled parkruns and virtual.....
Conservatives, Labour and The Brexit Party snub elderly voters' invite to discuss care
21 Nov 2019
Conservative leader Boris Johnson, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party have rejected calls to attend Age UK’s invite to discuss social care with elderly voters. Older people are dying.....
CQC chief inspector thanks social care staff who go 'above and beyond'
21 Nov 2019
The adult social care CQC chief has praised care managers and staff who go "above and beyond" despite no "long-term sustainable funding solutions" and over 120,000 vacancies to fill within the social care sector. As.....
Terminally ill man to 'fight' against 'cruel' law as High Court rejects assisted dying review
19 Nov 2019
A terminally ill man had his request for High Court to review an assisted dying ban rejected as judges refused to consider whether such a ban is compatible with his human rights. Father of two, Phil.....
Nearly half of UK adults cannot name a single type of dementia
18 Nov 2019
Nearly 50 per cent of UK adults are unable to name a single type of dementia, according to Alzheimer’s Research UK. In response to these findings, Alzheimer’s Research UK and Ricoh have teamed up with a powerful.....
Essex home care agency tackling 'loneliness' by taking elderly into community
15 Nov 2019
Home care agency Doris Jones in Westcliff-on-sea is working in partnership with Age Concern to create a local 'hub' providing a place for older people to get out of the house and into the community. The.....
Admiral Nurse dementia helpline wins Helpline of the Year award
15 Nov 2019
Dementia UK’s Admiral Nurse Dementia Helpline has been awarded Helpline of the Year at the 2019 Helplines Partnership Annual Conference and Awards. Susan Drayton, clinical lead of the Admiral Nurse Dementia.....
Care leader slams media for not praising 'fantastic work' of care workers
14 Nov 2019
The chief executive of Care England, Martin Green, has warned the media they must give care workers the same respect as NHS staff. Speaking to an audience at the annual Care England conference, Martin Green.....
Cost of dementia care will nearly treble over next two decades
13 Nov 2019
The cost of dementia care is set to nearly treble in the next 20 years, according to a new report. The study by the London School of Economics and Political Science shows that the number of people with dementia.....
Home care provider's end of life training programme gets royal approval
08 Nov 2019
Home Instead Senior Care is celebrating after being awarded a Princess Royal Training Award for its workplace learning at a ceremony held at St James’s Palace in London. The Princess Royal Training Awards,.....
'Emergency Poet' at world's first walk-in poetry pharmacy prescribes caring words
06 Nov 2019
Deborah Alma, aka the Emergency Poet, has permanently parked her vintage ambulance and opened the doors of the Poetry Pharmacy in Shropshire to prescribe poetry to people in need. The Emergency Poet began.....
'Guilt' and 'stigma' surrounds this 'invisible illness' - Nicci Gerrard speaks openly about dementia
05 Nov 2019
Nicci Gerrard, best-selling author of What Dementia Teaches Us about Love, says dementia teaches you to value "time" and "vulnerability". Ms Gerrard's father Dr John Gerrard lived with Alzheimer’s for 10.....