24 September, 2015
23 September, 2015
New guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence says that home care workers should make sure their support focuses on what people can or would like to do rather than a 'one size fits all' service, for example, if a person can still feed themselves then they should be supported to do this rather than being spoon-fed.
22 September, 2015
Government Office for Science publishes review that examines community-based health and social care services and makes recommendations for the future to help more people stay healthy in older age.
21 September, 2015
While backing the Bill which it believes will significantly contribute to supporting carers, the Scottish Parliament's health and sport committee called on the government to set out revised estimates or commit to providing additional funding if necessary
21 September, 2015
A submission to the government's spending review - signed by Adass, NHS Confederation, the Care Providers Alliance, and the Care and Support Alliance - says the year-on-year cuts since 2010 threatened the dignity of older and disabled people and their carers and the sustainability of the care market and the NHS.
18 September, 2015
A new report from Muscular Dystrophy UK - Breaking Point - reveals that for 70 per cent of people surveyed who had been offered a home by their council, the property was not suitable; over a third faced serious financial hardship due to trying to adapt their homes; and many have accrued major credit card debt or used up life-savings.
16 September, 2015
11 September, 2015
Garden Court Chambers reports that, as a result, 'there is now a realistic likelihood of local authority adult care having increased budgets for front-line adult care services'.
10 September, 2015
In a new analysis Age UK finds that an investment of an additional sum equivalent to less than 4 per cent of the annual NHS budget of £112bn per annum would address the unmet care needs of the million-plus aged over 65 who are currently struggling to cope on their own - and help sustain the NHS at the same time.
8 September, 2015
Under new arrangements for making retrospective claims for continuing healthcare in Wales, potential claimants have until October 1 2015 to register their intent to make a claim for continuing healthcare costs which were incurred between August 1 2013 and September 30 2014.
4 September, 2015
New statutory instrument amends the Self-directed Support (Direct Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 so as to enable East Renfrewshire Council and Moray Council to make direct payments to persons for residential accommodation for a period of more than four consecutive weeks in any period of 12 months.
2 September, 2015
It is 'time to think boldly', Local Government Association says in its 2015 Spending Review submission.
24 August, 2015
New DCLG funding for 'innovative and cost effective proposals to deliver accommodation based services for victims of abuse, and for services to help them access such support'.
20 August, 2015
New regulations that provide that care home accommodation qualifies as a specified type of accommodation for the purposes of establishing an adult's ordinary residence under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.
18 August, 2015
Reminder to local authorities prompted by an investigation following a complaint about North East Lincolnshire Council.
18 August, 2015
Decision follows review which concluded that the purpose of the ring-fence – to protect expenditure on mental health services – has largely been achieved.
11 August, 2015
New statutory instrument makes further provision about duties on a local authority to assess an adult’s needs for care and support, a child’s needs for care and support and a carer’s needs for support.
10 August, 2015
Association proposes that those who provide at least an hour of unpaid care a week should be entitled to a reduction of £100 a year, estimating that a fully subscribed discount fund of £25m would support at least 250,000 hours of unpaid care per week, saving up to £220m a year.
10 August, 2015
Andrea Sutcliffe tells Observer that huge cuts in funding in recent years, and a lack of political leadership in dealing with the realities of an ageing population, have left the social care sector under 'stress and strain', with demoralised carers working long hours in difficult conditions for poor pay.
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