Posted in News on Feb 12th, 2010
The Prime Minister has announced that the Personal Care at Home bill will be extended to provide people aged 65+ with six weeks of free home care after they have left hospital or residential care, or after they have suffered an illness or injury at home. This type of care, often referred to as ‘intermediate [...]
Posted in News on Jan 31st, 2010
A new programme is being launched in Gwent to help vulnerable people in the area to stay in their homes rather than being admitted to hospital or care homes. A similar scheme has been running in Torfaen for several years and has been very successful in reducing admissions for frail, elderly patients. The Gwent Frailty [...]
Posted in News on Jan 26th, 2010
The charity Counsel and Care has published a new report highlighting the key areas of concern around care that were raised in 2009. Based on the enquiries that the charity received last year, an increasing number of people are now worried about relatives losing or lacking the mental capacity to make their own decisions about [...]
Posted in News on Jan 26th, 2010
The wife of a dementia patient whose continuing care funding was revoked has won her battle with South Tyneside PCT to have it reinstated. Hector Atkinson, who suffers from dementia, was assessed as eligible for continuing care after breaking his hip in 2007. But when his condition was reassessed in January 2009, the PCT ruled [...]
Posted in News on Jan 26th, 2010
A new report from the National Housing Federation has revealed that hospital and care home admissions could be cut dramatically if more support was made available to enable older people to live in their own homes. Entitled ‘In your lifetime’, the report highlights the millions of pounds in care costs that the NHS, patients and [...]
Posted in News on Jan 26th, 2010
The Independent has published an article giving practical advice for people needing to arrange home or residential care for a relative. The article points out that January is a peak time for this to happen, as ‘…many families discover at their Christmas reunions that an older relative is struggling to cope.’ It gives details of [...]
Posted in News on Jan 14th, 2010
TV presenter Sir Michael Parkinson, who was appointed as Dignity Ambassador to the Government in 2008, has spoken about the ‘downright unacceptable’ treatment that elderly people receive in the nation’s care homes and hospitals. In a report detailing his first year in the Ambassador role, Sir Michael talks about the distressing situations he has [...]
Posted in News on Dec 21st, 2009
An ambitious project announced by the Welsh Assembly Government to provide a range of services for elderly people – including not-for-profit care homes designed to reduce financial pressure on the nation’s pensioners – has been postponed until at least 2011. Other services that had been planned under the One Wales agreement include nursing home [...]
Posted in News on Dec 21st, 2009
The Social Care Institute for Excellence has issued a briefing pack for residential care homes to prepare them for the changes that will happen as the Government implements its agenda for personalisation of care. The guide explains how adult social care will change and how care home managers need to change their approach to [...]
Posted in News on Dec 21st, 2009
The Department of Health has created a training pack on how to care for people with dignity. It will be distributed to all care homes and domiciliary care workers in England. Entitled ‘With Respect’, the materials are free and care minister Phil Hope is urging all care workers that receive the pack to [...]
