The Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) has published its national review of home care in Wales, finding most people are happy with services, despite a ‘fragile’ market. The
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A new report from the United Kingdom Homecare Association (UKHCA) exposes the widespread and systematic underfunding of homecare services for older people. The findings provide further evidence of genuine risks
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Care Forum Wales’ chair, Marlo Kreft, has been interviewed on the BBC’s Good Morning Wales programme following his warnings about the ‘triple whammy’ hitting care homes and domiciliary care companies. Mr Kreft’s (pictured) warning
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One of the country’s biggest not-for-profit providers of care in the community is pulling out of the market. Housing And Care 21 works with 150 local authorities to provide care
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A union is taking a legal case on behalf of home care workers, saying they are paid less than half the minimum wage. Seventeen home care workers employed across the
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District nursing services play an important role in helping people to maintain their independence by supporting them to manage long-term conditions and treating acute illnesses – and demand for such
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Patients who need care in their own homes are increasingly faced with “rushed and abrupt” district nurses, a new report suggests. District nurses are having to take a “task-focused” approach
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Managers in domiciliary care earn up to 30% less than their care home counterparts according to new research by Croner. The findings come from Croner’s latest salary survey report on
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More than half of people who have taken money out under pension freedoms have not planned for future care costs, a new study shows. A survey of 500 people who
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Home carers in Scotland are being “stretched to the limit”, according to a new report. The survey of home carers by the Unison Scotland union found four out of five
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