Growing concerns over Stirling care homes
GROWING concerns about the future of care homes owned by Southern Cross – including four local homes – have been further fuelled by a statement issued by care staff union GMB.
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Probe into death at care home
A PROBE has been launched into the death of a resident at a city nursing home amid “serious concerns” about its quality of care.
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Helping people help themselves is the key to social care
Bruce McLernon considers the challenge of providing social services which are no longer based on institutions
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More councils face legal challenges over care cuts, warns Birmingham
Local authorities planning changes to social care services will find it difficult to prove the impact on disabled people, which will leave them open to legal challenge, Public Finance has been told.
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Alzheimer’s sufferer faces eviction from care home in funding row
A 69-YEAR-OLD Alzheimer’s sufferer has been served with an eviction notice by her care home after becoming caught up in a funding row.
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West Cumbrian care home worker denies ill-treatment charges
A care assistant has pleaded not guilty to two counts of ill-treating a person lacking mental capacity at a Workington care home.
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Agreement reached on development of a single College of Social Work
The development of a stronger, more confident and better supported social work profession has moved forward after BASW – The College of Social Work (BASW/CoSW) and The College of Social Work (TCSW) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) committing both parties to working towards establishing a single UK-wide College of Social Work.
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Accused care worker ‘contemplated suicide’
A CARE worker told a court he contemplated suicide after being accused of committing a sex act on a severely autistic man.
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Care home residents relocated following death of woman
Police are investigating the death of a woman who became ill at a private care home in Edinburgh. The 59-year-old was taken to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on Monday but died two days later.
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Two Welsh AMs temporarily disqualified on technicality
Two members of the Welsh assembly have been temporarily disqualified from their positions on a technicality.
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