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A New Website to Improve Services for Older People

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... more

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Age Concern and Help the Aged comment on updated NICE guidance for the treatment and management of d

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... more

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Age Concern and Help the Aged respond to Demos Survey on Personal Budgets

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... more

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Benefit boost for 540,000 pensioners but millions still missing out, says Age UK

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... more

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Burnham to 'squeeze' NHS to pay for free social care

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... more

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Care for Elderly a Priority - PM

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... more

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Care homes 'lack access to specialist doctors'

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... more

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Concerns Over Social Care Plans

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 ... more

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Designs for Later Life: New report calls for action on housing for older people

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... more

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Fears Over Training Cuts for Older and Learning Disabled People

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... more

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Free home care plan to exclude some with critical needs: Personal Care at Home Bill published

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... more

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Free Personal Care: LibDems and the Conservatives Respond

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 ... more

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Futuristic Telecare Key to Lower Care Costs and More Independent Living

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 ... more

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HSJ exclusive: NHS to take responsibility for social care

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... more

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I'm glad mum's free of care in community

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... more

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