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Response to ADASS survey

SENSE URGES GOVERNMENT TO FIND SOCIAL CARE FUNDING SOLUTION

Following the publication of the 2018/19 annual Budget Survey by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), emphasising the need for a sustainable funding solution to social...
Dr Tushna Vandrevala, Health Psychologist and Senior Lecturer at Kingston University’s School of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

HOME CARE WORKERS NEED MORE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, STUDY FINDS

Care workers who provide personal and domestic care to older people with dementia in their own homes are at risk of feeling under emotional strain and some don’t get as much support as they...
Andy Burnham visits Dementia Hub

GREATER MANCHESTER MAYOR TO VISIT SALFORD DEMENTIA HUB

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and charity bosses are visiting the University of Salford’s Dementia Hub to find out more about the work being done to help people with the condition live...
With support from local company Legrand Assisted Living & Healthcare, based in Blyth, Whitehouse Farm Centre launched ‘Hay Days’ on 8th May with a tea dance, and welcomed over 80 service users and their carers from a number of care homes and community groups in Northumberland and Tyneside.

LEGRAND SUPPORTS COMMUNITY INITIATIVE TO TACKLE ISOLATION

Whitehouse Farm Centre, a family-run farm attraction near Morpeth, has launched a new initiative which aims to encourage new friendships and tackle isolation through a regular programme of events...
Niall Dickson, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents organisations across the healthcare sector, has said that not enough is being done to support people with dementia.

VULNERABLE DEMENTIA SUFFERERS ARE BEING FAILED, SAYS NHS CONFEDERATION

Responding to the latest Alzheimer’s Society report on rising A&E admissions for people with dementia last year, Niall Dickson, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents...
Tony Stein, Chief Executive of Healthcare Management Solutions, has written to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Jeremy Hunt, to outline how care homes could take some of the strain from busy A&E departments.

CARE HOMES CAN HELP OVERSTRETCHED A&E DEPARTMENTS, SAYS CARE BOSS 

Tony Stein, Chief Executive of Healthcare Management Solutions, has written to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Jeremy Hunt, to outline how care homes could take some of the strain...
Home Instead 30th Outstanding

Home Instead celebrates 30th CQC ‘Outstanding’ rating

Home Instead Senior Care is celebrating reaching a record number of 30 ‘Outstanding’ ratings from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) – making the company the first home care...
Despite the cold weather, things are hotting up for the return of Care Roadshow Glasgow to Hampden Park Stadium on Tuesday 17th April.

CARE ROADSHOW PREPARES FOR ITS RETURN TO GLASGOW

Despite the recent cold weather, things are hotting up for the return of Care Roadshow Glasgow to Hampden Park Stadium on Tuesday 17th April. This will be the eighth year that Care Roadshows has...
Home Instead CAREGiver Amanda Scott (centre) and two colleagues who have completed the pilot end-of-life training programme.

HOME CARE PROVIDER SUPPORTS CAREGIVERS WITH END-OF-LIFE PROGRAMME

Home Instead Senior Care has joined forces with the End of Life Partnership charity to launch a brand new City & Guilds accredited programme in end of life care to support its 9,000 caregivers....
FEARS FOR DISABLED ADULTS

NEW REPORT REVEALS FAMILIES' FEARS FOR DISABLED ADULTS

Over two thirds (67%) of families caring for disabled adults with complex needs live in fear of what will happen to their loved one when they are no longer able to provide support, according to a...

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