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Almost 50,000 people living in residential homes this year have been forced to sell their homes to pay for care, figures have suggested.
Some 48,000 people in care homes in 2009 were estimated to hav...
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Commenting on the Chancellor’s Pre-Budget Report, Andrew Harrop, Head of Public Policy at Age Concern and Help the Aged, said:
'While protecting the NHS budget from the axe, the Government has ...
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Councils are cutting recruitment and training budgets for social work and other social care roles as they grapple with recessionary pressures, an exclusive Community Care survey has found.
More than ...
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The pre-budget report announcement that residential care will need to save £250m by 2013 could damage services, social care experts have warned.
Richard Humphries, senior fellow for social care...
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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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Councils have raised concerns about the difficulty of implementing the Social Work Task Force reforms while being asked to raise £250m a year to fund free personal care for adults.
The Associat...
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Source: National Care Forum
From Midday today, care providers who don’t currently have good access to the internet, will be supported as a new ICT programme opens for business. Organisations ca...
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Source: Whitehall Pages
Nearly 20,000 people living in sheltered housing will be switched on to the internet under £2.9m plans being developed by the Government to boost the number of silver su...
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Source: Community Care
The new president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services tells Jeremy Dunning that the next 12 months will be a time of delivering care differently as...
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The Bill that will help individuals with the highest care needs remain independent for longer, was introduced in Parliament today by Health Secretary Andy Burnham.
The Personal Care at Home Bill will...
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The government has unveiled plans to extend direct payments to disabled adults, providing them with more choice and control over the state funding and services they receive.
Disabled people will rece...
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Senior Labour peers have joined the revolt against the Government's pledge in the Queen's Speech to offer free home care for the elderly and frail.
Lord Lipsey, a former member of the Royal Commissi...
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YES: Jane Ashcroft, Acting chief executive, Anchor Trust
Older people’s housing and care is one of the most pressing issues facing today’s society. The number of people aged 85 and over i...
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Source: Community Care
Care sector leaders have welcomed the government's plan to enshrine safeguarding adults boards in legislation but expressed concern about how they would operate.
The plan anno...
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