The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) have published a new resource to support learners, managers, assessors and educators to get the most benefit from the Dementia Skilled – Improving Practice
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A Holocaust survivor who complained that being in a care facility made her feel ”like a prisoner again in the German concentration camp” should not travel to Israel for a
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Gloria Hunniford OBE was guest of honour at an event to mark the opening of a brand new care home in Sevenoaks, Kent, the 29th Care UK has opened since
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A carer took advantage of a vulnerable 102-year-old woman by stealing more than £250,000 from her savings and writing herself into her will, a court has heard. Julie Sayles, 59,
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The Government is being urged to take urgent action to tackle “severe” staff shortages in residential care homes after a study found elderly and vulnerable people are being denied trips
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The competition watchdog is investigating concerns that some care homes for the elderly could be breaking consumer law, it has announced. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had
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An elderly dementia patient had her care funding wrongly stopped by a council after a “flawed assessment” by social workers concluded she was able to manage her own finances. In
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Firms are being urged to step up their preparations for Brexit after a new study found that employers are “totally unprepared” for a fall in migration once Britain leaves the
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Scottish Ballet has been awarded £150,000 by the Life Changes Trust to enable them to become dementia friendly. They will use the funding to set up a programme of dementia
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Scotland’s new Health and Social Care Standards have been launched, with human rights at their core. The standards, which will be implemented on 1 April 2018, will apply to the
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