Avonmead care home camera captures poor care of resident
A daughter who secretly filmed her mother’s poor care at a nursing home is calling for better care for the elderly. Margaret Heslop’s family were so concerned about her care
Read MoreA daughter who secretly filmed her mother’s poor care at a nursing home is calling for better care for the elderly. Margaret Heslop’s family were so concerned about her care
Read MoreDeath rates in care and nursing homes in England are to be monitored by the Care Quality Commission to try to identify problems at an earlier stage. The regulator said
Read MoreThe College of Social Work has published a Code of Ethics for its members that sets out the principles that social workers in England are expected to put into practice.
Read MoreBe wary of schemes that aim to avoid you having to sell your home to fund health care, experts are warning. Homeowners are being warned to tread carefully before signing
Read MoreZero-hours contracts with unpaid travel time means up to 220,000 care workers get less than the minimum wage Samantha Nelson doesn’t dawdle. She’s up at 5.30 every morning and quickly
Read MoreHampshire County Council is to take over the running of the Isle of Wight’s children’s services for five years. Ofsted ranked the island’s child protection services “inadequate” in November, while
Read MoreVulnerable children are being put at risk by a chronic shortage of experienced social workers, according to research published today. The supply of social workers will not equal demand until
Read MoreA UNION has claimed the council is struggling to keep social workers after it was revealed there was almost a 50% increase in the amount of agency staff employed in
Read MoreThe latest ‘Green Paper’ from ResPublica, Putting People into Personalisation: Relational approaches to social care and housing, argues that social care needs a radical shake up to ensure genuine choice
Read MoreThe UK’s 6.5m unpaid carers play a vital role, yet too often their contribution is ignored or misunderstood, by Sharon Allen Unpaid carers are vitally important partners in supporting people
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