12 May, 2015
30 April, 2015
New analysis by Carers UK and Age UK also shows that over half (55 per cent) of these over 85s are caring for 50 or more hours each week.
28 April, 2015
£17.5m investment in Intermediate Care Fund to continue projects which have proven to be successful in helping older and vulnerable people remain in their own homes rather than go into hospital, with further £2.5m to identify areas of good practice and ensure they are spread across Wales.
23 April, 2015
New regulations that bring into force on 11 May 2015 sections 5(1) and 5(2) of the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2202 - local authority arrangements for residential accommodation outwith Scotland - and brings the remainder of section 5 into force on 24 June 2015.
23 April, 2015
New research by Leonard Cheshire Disability finds that, between 2011/2012 and 2013/2014, almost 2,500 disabled people a year waited over the time limit of a year to receive their disabled facilities grant after it had been approved, and that these delays were leaving disabled people living in inappropriate conditions and at risk of falls, and were driving up the costs of health and social care.
23 April, 2015
New survey carried out by Unison finds that more than 1,000 care workers have not received proper training in dementia, administering medication or personal care tasks.
15 April, 2015
14 April, 2015
Key pledges include a guarantee that people will not have to sell their house in order to pay for residential social care.
13 April, 2015
Key pledges include bringing services for physical health, mental health and social care into a single system.
8 April, 2015
Disability Rights UK publishes results of Freedom of Information requests sent to all local authorities in England with social care responsibilities.
2 April, 2015
Scottish government announces that Peter Scott, currently Chief Executive of ENABLE Scotland, will take up post in June.
2 April, 2015
New report from the National Housing Federation calls for affordable homes designed for older people with integrated care services to be built, and say that it’s essential that homes designed to suit older people are given as much priority as homes designed for first-time buyers and younger families.
1 April, 2015
As new Care Act changes come into force today, which put rights of unpaid carers on the same legal footing as rights of those with care needs, and provide stronger assessment rights for parents caring for disabled children, Carer's UK is calling for enough funding to be put in place to make the new rights a reality for families.
1 April, 2015
1 April, 2015
New statutory instrument amends (subject to certain savings for transitional purposes) primary legislation that currently underpins the provision of care and support for adults and carer support in England. The amendments mean that the current social care legislation will no longer apply in relation to England but will continue to apply in relation to Wales.
1 April, 2015
The Care Act is a bold attempt to reform the system, says Care and Support Alliance, but without more funding, thousands of disabled and older people will continue to be cut out of the care system and denied access to things as basic as getting up, getting dressed and getting out of the house.
30 March, 2015
New statutory instrument increase the thresholds below which certain care is not to be charged for.
27 March, 2015
Funding, announced today by Minister for Care and Support Norman Lamb, is about one quarter of council leaders’ estimates of the costs for authorities arising from the Cheshire West judgment, and will be available for one year only, on a non-ring fenced basis.
27 March, 2015
New Act that makes provision about both the safety of health and social care services in England, and the objectives of the regulatory bodies for health and social care provisions.
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