Engage: To regulate or not, that is the question…
If you only entrust your boiler to be serviced by a regulated qualified gas engineer, would you prefer to leave the intimate care of your father, daughter or partner to
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Tag: Domiciliary Care
£1.2m funding boost for scheme tackling malnutrition among elderly Scots
A project aimed at tackling malnutrition among older people in Scotland has received a £1.2 million funding boost. The Food Train charity’s Eat Well, Age Well scheme plans to create
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Free personal and nursing care policy total cost reaches almost £500m in Scotland
The cost of free personal and nursing care for elderly Scots reached a record high of almost £500 million in 2015-16, a new report has revealed. Councils spent £371 million
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Home care in ‘fragile state’ as carers lack basic skills with some ‘unable to boil an egg’
People who receive care at home have described going two weeks without a shower, getting their evening meal at 3.30pm and receiving care from workers who are “unable to boil
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Report finds more vulnerable people should be benefiting from Self-directed Support
More people should be benefiting from a planned transformation of social care, a new report has said. The review found “no evidence” of the radical change needed to fully implement
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Report: Self-directed Support – 2017 Progress Report (Scotland)
New ways of offering people more choice and control over their social care can make a real difference but further work is needed to ensure everyone can benefit, says a
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Report: Home Care – What people told Healthwatch about their experiences
Over the last year, the number of local Healthwatch citing improvements to home care services as a priority for their community has doubled. Our new report explains what people have
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Report: The State Of Adult Social Care Services 2014 to 2017 – CQC
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have presented the latest findings from their inspection programme of adult social care. ‘The State Of Adult Social Care Services 2014 to 2017‘ is the
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Sustainable care network announced to identify solutions to UK social care crisis
A new research project led by academics at the University of Sheffield will examine potential sustainable solutions to the ongoing crisis within the UK’s social care system. With an ageing
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Report: Personal assistance relationships are complex and need support
Personal assistance relationships are usually empowering and flexible for both employer and workers, but can become emotionally fraught and even wounded, according to a report launched today. Findings of the
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