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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership has confirmed the 12 agencies that will help deliver the Help to Live at Home service. The Council has been consulting with service-users
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Glasgow care workers have voted unanimously to escalate their action and intend to stage a further three 72-hour strikes starting in March. Following two 48-hour strikes in January, nearly 400
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