Engage: What social care employers need to know about zero hours contracts
The number of care workers on zero-hours contracts has jumped from one in 10 of the sector’s workforce to one in seven in the past year, according to an analysis
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Survey: Making it easy for care workers to access digital knowledge – Scotland
The Office of the Chief Social Work Adviser in Scottish Government has issued a call to all social service workers to participate in their digital knowledge survey. To make it
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Engage: In praise of those providing care and support in Wales
Children and adults with disabilities and health conditions, no matter how complex, want to receive their care and support at home and in their local communities. This is what is
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Webwatch: Online breath test launched to help detect lung disease
A charity has set up an “online breath test” which can help detect lung problems. People who get out of breath doing every day tasks such as walking up stairs
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Report: The Damage: Care in Crisis – UNISON survey finds elderly without adequate care
Vulnerable older people are being denied regular showers and visits to the toilet because of cuts to social care budgets, a UNISON report has warned today. The Damage: Care in
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Engage: What it really feels like when a loved one goes missing
Each year, more than 250,000 missing person reports are made to the police in the UK alone. The loss can have a profound emotional effect on the families left behind,
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Report: What Really Matters? Vision for Nursing in Older People’s Services (Northern Ireland)
This report focuses on the role of nurses in the care and support of older people and has been developed in partnership with Age NI. The work has seen the
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Toolkit: College of Occupational Therapists – Living well through activity in care homes
This series of toolkits has been designed to equip care homes with ideas and materials in order for them to provide a service focused on residents’ needs, preferences and activity
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Survey: Using Telecare for Older People In Adult Social Care
Researchers based at the Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King’s College London are conducting a programme of research funded by NIHR/SSCR into Local Authority telecare use for older people.
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Report: Public Health Wales – Adverse Childhood Experiences report
A new report says those in Wales who suffered four or more adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with a chronic disease in
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