Vulnerable people living in care homes and their families will be better protected from unfair care home practices and secretive fees under new guidance published today. The guide, published by
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CPL Production’s ‘Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds’, the charming Channel 4 TV series pairing old and young which involves Bath Professor Malcolm Johnson, has won Best Constructed Documentary
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Most people living with dementia also have at least one other health condition, and health services need to adapt to optimise their health and quality of life, a new study
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Most of us want to live interdependently – in lives full of friendship, love, purpose and meaning. We also want some independence – to make choices about our lives, and
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England’s chief care inspector has warned of “shocking” failings over people in care homes. Andrea Sutcliffe, the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) chief inspector of adult social care, said some care
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The Care Quality Commission has taken enforcement action to cancel the registration of Viewpark Care Home and are now no longer legally allowed to provide care at their service in
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock has indicated he is ready to consider calls to close all institutions for people with learning difficulties or autism. The call came from Sir Stephen Bubb,
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An adult care home manager has been removed from the Register of Social Care Workers in Wales after a hearing found her fitness to practise is currently impaired because of
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Millions of people are underestimating the cost of paying for a care home by an average of £12,000 a year, a survey suggests. Which? found that 55% of people estimated
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The overwhelming majority of people have not made any plans for how they will pay for adult social care in old age, a survey has revealed. The Local Government Association
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