Posted in News on Aug 19th, 2009
Social workers that work with adults have voiced their fears that they are being deprived of resources due to the increased focus on child social services resulting from the ‘Baby P’ case. A survey undertaken by Unison reveals that 86% of workers have a heavier case load than five years ago, with 60% of [...]
Posted in News on Aug 19th, 2009
Welsh deputy minister for social services Gwenda Thomas has spoken to Wales Online about the Dignity in Care programme launched by the Welsh Assembly Government in 2007. The programme aims to improve the dignity and respect with which people are treated, whether they are being care for in hospital, a care home or in [...]
Posted in News on Aug 7th, 2009
The BBC reports that millions of pounds of funding that had been earmarked to provide respite care for unpaid carers is not being used for its intended purpose. Many PCTs cannot say whether or not they have received the money whilst others are redirecting the monies elsewhere. The news comes as a blow [...]
Posted in News on Jul 20th, 2009
An article in Wales Online [link to http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2009/07/10/trapped-by-caring-for-a-relative-with-dementia-91466-24117584/] has highlighted the lack of support that is available for people in Wales that care for a relative suffering from dementia. Through the example of Keith Dewhurst who cares for his mother Odette, the article describes the problems faced by family members whose lives are completely [...]
Posted in News on Jun 30th, 2009
The Carers’ Legislative Competence Order (LCO), which aims to support some of the most vulnerable people and families in Wales, has been presented to the Welsh Assembly. It represents the next step in the Assembly’s gain of powers to create new legislation to support the provision of carer and carers themselves in Wales. [...]
Posted in News on Jun 17th, 2009
The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has warned social services departments against using on-line reverse e-auctions to award contracts for services such as domiciliary care. The auctions, which award contracts to the lowest bidder, have been widely condemned since their use was exposed on a Panorama documentary in April 2009, which [...]
Posted in News on May 12th, 2009
The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) and the Local Government Agency (LGA) have released figures showing that the number of people receiving personalised social care budgets is increasing dramatically. In 2007-2008, an average of 16 social services clients per local authority received individual budgets compared to the 2008-2009 figure of 42 [...]
Posted in News on May 6th, 2009
The Localgov website reports that Jenny Owen, president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, has stated that local authorities must be ready to bail out failing care homes that have fallen victim to the recession. Speaking at the ADASS annual seminar, Ms Owen also raised the key question of how social [...]
Posted in News on Apr 30th, 2009
The Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) has announced that the social services review and inspection process in Wales is to be reformed further to extensive discussions with service providers and local councils. The new system will place overall responsibility for the quality and improvement of social services with the councils. The [...]
Posted in News on Apr 30th, 2009
The Guardian reports that the recession is presenting an increased risk of abuse for elderly and disabled people. The warning comes as a survey is published that shows a significant increase in such incidents, with a fifth of local authorities reporting a rise in cases. Other problems highlighted in the survey are marked [...]
