School-leavers the target of home carer roles in Highlands
Young people are being targeted by NHS Highland to plug the shortage of home carers amid mounting concerns people are not getting the help they need. NHS Highland are hoping
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Care UK to withdraw homecare contracts Norfolk County Council
Homecare contracts providing services for just over 200 people in the Broadland area of Norfolk are to be re-let after Care UK and Norfolk County Council agreed to terminate their
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Lancashire care agency improves after follow-up inspection
A Lancashire home care agency has addressed several shortcomings highlighted by inspectors last year, according to inspectors at the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The Haslingden-based branch of Mears Care, which
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No experience necessary for Sheffield home care event
Sheffield City Council are to host a recuitment event aimed at attracting new workers in Home Support and Supported Living. The event will take place on Tuesday 8 July 2014
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Scots regulator reports overall improvement in home care services
SCOTLAND’S social care regulator, the Care Inspectorate, says there has been a marked increase in care at home services achieving very good or excellent inspection grades in the past three
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Role of domiciliary care managers ‘profiled’ in Wales
Domiciliary care managers in Wales are likely to be female, experienced professionals working in the private sector and providing services for older people. These are among the main characteristics of
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Inspection boost for Isle of Skye care company
A care at home service on the Isle of Skye has been praised by the Care Inspectorate, Scotland’s social care regulator. The service, Crossroads Care – Sky and Lochalsh,
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Avante picks up contract extension to deliver home care across Kent
Kent County Council (KCC) has awarded Avante Community Support contracts to deliver Home Care services to new localitions in Kent. The company will continue to provide services for KCC clients
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Report: Innovations in local domiciliary long-term care
This article assesses how social innovations in the field of local domiciliary long-term care are shaped and implemented. It proposes a mapping of innovations in terms of two structuring discourses
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Review of home care visits for the elderly finds ‘no proven benefit’
In what’s thought to be the biggest review of academic literature into whether home care visits provide benefits for the elderly, researchers conclude there is ‘no consistent evidence’ to show
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