SVQ awards for staff at Storyville
A PRESENTATION of SVQ level three awards took place at Storyville Care Home in Kirriemuir last Wednesday.
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A PRESENTATION of SVQ level three awards took place at Storyville Care Home in Kirriemuir last Wednesday.
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A consultation is set to take place next week in the Western Isles to gather information about how services for older people could be enhanced to better meet the needs of service users.
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Accommodation for homeless families in Leicester will be cut under plans announced by the city council.
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Charity Action on Hearing Loss and University College London’s Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre are urging NHS England to substantially improve the quality of life experienced by people with dementia and hearing loss – and save taxpayers £28 million each year – by introducing a joined-up approach to the assessment, diagnosis and management of both conditions.
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The most deprived areas in Scotland will take the biggest financial hit when the present welfare reforms come into effect. This is the conclusion of research published today commissioned by the Scottish Parliament’s Welfare Reform Committee.
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A senior Conservative councillor today demanded to know why a Horsham care home ‘that in relative terms is modern and new is now deemed to be inappropriate in terms of demand when set against the trend of an ageing population’.
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A new president has been appointed for the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services.The new president is Sandie Keene, director of adult social services with Leeds City Council.
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Older people in poor health in England are almost three times more likely to feel lonely than those in excellent health, a study suggests.
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BASW has described Ofsted’s decision to inspect local authority child protection and services for children who are looked after under a single, combined framework as “puzzling”, and urges the inspectorate to reveal its evidence base.
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An elderly patient was left lying in his own excrement at a care home that has been flagged for its poor cleanliness and infection control.
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