Elderly trapped in ‘nightmare of bureaucracy’ while waiting months for home care
Too many older people are living in misery as they are left waiting for months to receive care in their own home, a charity has warned. Older people and their
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Care worker dies after suffering head injuries at home of elderly dementia sufferer
Detectives are investigating how a female carer died after suffering head injuries in the flat of a 95-year-old patient who is believed to suffer from dementia. The elderly man, who
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Charity warns threadbare social care sees dementia sufferers making avoidable hospital trips
Tens of thousands of people with dementia are suffering “avoidable” trips to hospital, a charity has warned. The Alzheimer’s Society estimated that last year there were up to 54,000 potentially
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Inquiry finds chronic shortage of suitable homes for thousands of disabled people
Disabled people are being trapped inside their homes because of a “chronic” shortage of suitable housing, a new report warns. The Equality and Human Rights Commission said 365,000 disabled people
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Threat to home care provider leaving vulnerable residents ‘living under shadow’
Former chief inspector of social services Lord Laming has told a health minister he needs to take the threat to one of the country’s biggest private home care providers more
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Engage: Almost half of care workers made to follow ridiculous rules at work
Some say rules are made to be broken and according to research from the UK’s leading independent job board, CV-Library, almost half (45.5%) of care workers have worked for a
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Charities unite in move to grow frontline social care provision in Scotland
Two of Scotland’s leading disability charities are joining together in a move they say will protect and grow frontline social care services across Scotland. ENABLE Scotland and Sense Scotland have
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New requirements to ensure fair treatment of home care workers come into force in Wales
New requirements to ensure care staff who look after people in their own homes are treated fairly and people receiving care experience the best possible services come into force today,
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£400 million HMRC back payment bill ‘threatens viability of care sector’
The care industry will be plunged into “crisis” if the Government does not step in to fund a £400 million back payment bill, MPs have heard. Ministers were warned that
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Getting social care is ‘like being in a shop with no prices’, Andrew Dilnot
Getting social care is “like being in a shop with no prices”, according to the author of a major review of social care which concluded costs should be capped. Sir
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