The home care system is teetering on the verge of crisis with the most vulnerable people seeing a different carer every week, a root-and-branch examination has found. The review, led
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A housing support service based in Aberdeen has told it must make improvements after the quality of care and support it provided was graded unsatisfactory by inspectors. Absolute Care is
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Over two million older people living at home in England experience difficulties with key aspects of living independently, such as cooking, dressing or bathing. Meanwhile, almost half a million older
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A new electronic recording system for home care workers providing services on behalf of Nottinghamshire County Council is being introduced to help improve standards of care. Care workers will need
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Almost 200,000 people over the age of 75 have left hospital without proper support, increasing the likelihood of being readmitted, according to a new report. The Royal Voluntary Service said
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At least 18,000 social workers, therapists and health professionals will provide help for patients in or near home across England under a £5.3 billion push to slash unnecessary hospital visits
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My Home Life (MHL) was originally a project set up in 2006 by the National Care Forum (an organisation that represents not-for-profit care homes) and Help the Aged. It was
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The Health and Social Care Board is currently undertaking a review of domiciliary care across Northern Ireland and wishes to engage with interested parties to inform this work. Domiciliary
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Scotland’s social care regulator has served a formal improvement notice on an Ayrshire-based care at home service. The Care Inspectorate has informed the service, HRM Homecare Services Ltd, of six
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An article examined users’ experiences of care in a range of settings, by combining data from four studies where participants were older people living in care homes or extra care
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