A specialist maritime care home, in Banstead, Surrey, is looking to reach out to individuals and families living with the challenges of dementia, in support of the national drive to
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Devon County Council is launching a review that will help it shape the way it supports people who need to go into residential care in future. The Council says the
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UBM Live has claimed that nearly 3,000 people came to The NEC for Care Show Birmingham, a rise of more than a quarter. The exhibition saw a new section –
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Southampton City Council have pledged to carry out a major shake-up of social services after inspectors branded them “inadequate” at a time when four children died in the city. A
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Shropshire council has agreed a business plan to save £80m from its budget, which includes severe cuts to children’s services and elderly care. The authority announced in July that it
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Plans to slash the budget for community services in Suffolk as part of £36.8m of cuts mean vulnerable people will “suffer”, opposition councillors say. Conservative-run Suffolk County Council is targeting
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CAMPAIGNERS battling to keep a Romsey care home open have been dealt a double whammy. Hampshire’s social care bosses have sent their strongest signal yet that Nightingale Lodge will close,
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Six out of seven elderly people will die before they reach the Government’s social care cap, Labour has warned. New research published by shadow care minister Liz Kendall has claimed
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Children’s services at Birmingham Council could be taken over by the Department for Education before Christmas if standards do not improve. The takeover will happen if Ofsted inspectors do not
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Elderly people face paying £150,000 for residential care before they hit the cap on care costs in England, an analysis by Labour suggests. The sum is more than double the
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