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A new website will help public sector staff to better understand the needs of older people.
The website launched on Older People’s Day (1 October) will help professionals to tailor their work s...
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Andrew Harrop, Head of Public Policy for Age Concern and Help the Aged, said:
'We welcome the updated NICE guidance on depression and the range of treatments it recommends; however we know that in pr...
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Age Concern and Help the Aged comment on Demos survey showing that four out of five care users don't understand the personal budgets system.
Andrew Harrop, Head of Public Policy for Age Concern and H...
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Hundreds of thousands of pensioners with small savings are in for a benefit boost of up to £8 a week thanks to new rules coming into force next week, but millions of older people are still missi...
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Spending on research and development and public health promotions will be cut in order to pay for free social care, the health secretary has revealed. Skip related content
Andy Burnham told the Times...
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Improving the care available for the elderly will be Labour's domestic policy "priority" should it win the next election, Gordon Brown has said.
As he prepares to unveil a series of care pr...
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Study finds 18% of PCTs fund geriatricians to go into care homes.
Care homes residents are missing out on access to specialist care from older people's doctors despite guidance backing their use, acc...
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The government's plan to offer the most vulnerable people free social care in their own homes in England has been met with a cool response.
Charities and care homes said other groups of people could ...
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A new report has recommended that the design and development of new homes for older people must become a national priority if the UK is to avoid a future housing crisis.
Launched today by the Homes a...
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Mencap and NIACE raise concerns over cuts to developmental learning budget.
Fears have been raised that people with learning disabilities and older people will lose out on education and training afte...
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Not everyone with critical care needs would receive free personal care at home under the government's Personal Care at Home Bill, published today.
The measure would apply only to those living at home...
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Lib Dems dismiss Gordon Brown's personal care proposals.
The Liberal Democrats have poured scorn on the government's plans to introduce free personal care at home for those most in need, outlined in ...
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Robopets and talking coffee tables are just two futuristic telecare technologies that councils could be exploring in the future to cut down on care home bills and keep older people living at home for ...
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The NHS is to be given far greater responsibility for social care under plans expected to be announced by the government in coming days, HSJ understands.
In what is claimed by Department of Health so...
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Source: The Scotsman
The time has finally come for mother to go into full-time care.
Among the curses of middle age, doing what's best for elderly parents, especially if they h...
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