Home Care News
Half of people aged 40-64 can't afford to retire
30 Oct 2017
Half of workers aged 40-64-years-old say they are unable to stop work and retire, when they reach the state pension age because they can't afford it. With nearly eight million people affected in this age.....
Photographer in awe of age-defying athletes reveals 'we're not nearly as fragile as I'd thought'
27 Oct 2017
Photographer and competitive tennis player, Alex Rotas, is on a mission to explore the process of ageing while challenging the negative stereotypes so often portrayed with growing old. The 68-year-old travels.....
Home care leader warns NHS against unregulated carebnb
26 Oct 2017
An Airbnb-style NHS trial that sees patients discharged from hospital to recover in people’s spare rooms, in return for £50 per night for their host, has drawn criticism from a home care leader warning against unregulated care. The.....
What's it like to have autism? 'My senses were under attack'
25 Oct 2017
As an autism tourist, I was about to take a trip and enter a new world. This new place, courtesy of a blacked-out van, was immediately unnerving. Visually it felt like the floor was escaping from me. Suddenly vulnerable. Unsteady.....
Older people taking multiple medications more likely to fall over
24 Oct 2017
Older people who take a combination of at least five different medications are 21 per cent more likely to fall over, according to a new study. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).....
Schoolteacher leaves classroom behind to help elderly
24 Oct 2017
A former schoolteacher who ‘struggled to fit in’, found his purpose when a move to the care sector enabled him to make a difference to the lives of older people. Rishard Amod, owner of live-in care provider.....
Eating healthily throughout adulthood makes you fitter in old age
20 Oct 2017
People who have a healthy diet for all of their adult lives are more likely to be stronger and fitter in older age than those who don’t, according to a new study. Scientists from Southampton University’s.....
Elderly should be exercising not resting, say doctors
19 Oct 2017
Instead of resting, older people should be exercising and keeping physically active, according to doctors. A report in the British Medical Journal has called for a change in the current thinking that exercise.....
Chris Packham - Asperger's and Me: 'People find me weird which is why I live in a wood'
18 Oct 2017
Wildlife TV presenter, Chris Packham, has spent 30 years on the TV “trying to act normal”. Now he has decided to bare all in an extremely candid documentary, revealing what it is like living with autism. It.....
Robots to care for elderly and check if they are happy or sad
16 Oct 2017
Robots are being created to help care for older people, find out if they are sad, happy or angry and check they are hydrated and have taken their medication. As well as caring for older people, researchers.....
Hospices provide more outstanding care than any other service, says CQC
13 Oct 2017
Nine in ten hospices across England have been rated either ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), ‘outstripping the performance’ of any other service. The CQC’s report titled ‘State.....
Dementia 'hotspots' in UK revealed
12 Oct 2017
The areas hardest hit by dementia in the UK have been revealed in two interactive maps – with areas on the South coast among the worst affected. For the first time, people can see the impact of dementia in.....
Nurse numbers fall with Brexit exposing workforce 'fragility'
12 Oct 2017
The number of nurses in the NHS has fallen for the first time since April 2013, causing The King’s Fund to warn that Brexit has 'exposed the fragility of NHS workforce planning', a day after the Prime Minister promised more money.....
Care staff give good care in 'toughest climate' but CQC warns it's 'unsustainable'
10 Oct 2017
Most adult social care services are rated as ‘good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in its latest annual State of Care report but the watchdog warns this is only because of the hard work of staff operating in extreme conditions,.....
Depressed elderly shouldn't miss out on help because of a 'stiff upper lip' attitude, warns charity
10 Oct 2017
Half of older people experience mental health problems, but many feel they have to keep a stiff upper lip and soldier on rather than seek help. According to YouGov’s research, depression is both the most.....
People with challenging behaviour should only be hospitalised as 'last resort', says NICE
09 Oct 2017
People with challenging behaviour should be only be treated in a mental health hospital or a residential setting as a last resort, according to new draft NICE guidelines. According to the guideline committee,.....
Ethnic minorities care for elderly better, says care minister
04 Oct 2017
People have a lot to learn from ethnic minorities about how to care for their own ageing relatives and friends, care minister Jackie Doyle-Price has said. Speaking at a fringe event at the Conservative.....
'I don't see myself as a carer, it is just what I do for my husband'
04 Oct 2017
A carer is defined as a family member or paid helper who regularly looks after a child or a sick, elderly, or disabled person. So it seems by the dictionary definition I am a carer. That’s weird as I don’t.....
New app makes people's homes dementia friendly
04 Oct 2017
An app has been created to make people’s homes more dementia friendly, with advice on how to change the light, furniture, colour contrast and reduce noise. It takes 20 minutes to assess a two-bedroom house,.....
Jeremy Hunt's plan to train 25% more nurses criticised as 'too hospital-focused'
03 Oct 2017
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has promised the number of nurses in training would rise by 25 per cent and the Government would make it easier for people to become nurses without needing a degree. In his.....
Top 10 tips for an outstanding home care service
02 Oct 2017
Home Instead Senior Care was the first home care provider to receive an outstanding rating under the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) new inspection regime in January 2015. Since then, it has gone on to receive a total of 18 outstanding.....