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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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,.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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,.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....