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Category Archives: Age UK
People With Dementia Failed By Standards of Homecare Staff Training? (Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary The Alzheimer’s Society has alleged that perhaps only 2% of homecare workers have adequate dementia training and awareness. Full Text Link Reference Shocking reality of dementia homecare hidden behind closed doors. London: Alzheimer’s Society, November 16th 2016. Probably also … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Alzheimer's Society’s Fix Dementia Care Campaign, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness of Potential Risks, BBC Health News, BBC Panorama, BBC Panorama: Nursing Homes Under Cover, BBC’s Panorama, Behind Closed Doors, Behind Closed Doors: Elderly Care Exposed: Panorama (BBC One), Broken Homecare System, Care Funding, Carer Awareness, Clinton House (St Austell), Commissioning Home Care, Commissioning Home Care for Older People, Commissioning of Domiciliary Care, Commissioning of Homecare Services, Cornwall Council, Councillor Izzi Seccombe: Local Government Association (LGA), Courtesy, Dementia and Homecare, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness in Homecare Staff, Dementia Training For Homecare Staff, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Domiciliary Care, Fix Dementia Care Campaign, Fix Dementia Care: Homecare, Fix Dementia Care: Hospitals (Alzheimer’s Society), FOI: Freedom of information, Freedom of Information, Funding Gap (Home Care), Funding Gaps, Funding of Care and Support, Good Quality Home Care, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Home Care, Home Care Implementation, Home Care Organisations, Home Care Services, Home Care Standards, Home Care Support, Home Care Workers, Home Care Workforce, Home Care: Safety and Safeguarding, Homecare, Homecare and Care Home Workers, Homecare Failing People With Dementia (Allegation), Independence at Home, Independent Living With Care, Izzi Seccombe: Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, Janice Finch (BBC Reporter), Jeremy Hughes CBE: Chief Executive of the Alzheimer’s Society, LGA: Local Government Association, Morleigh Group, Panorama (BBC TV), Personal Care, Personal Care at Home, Pressures on Home Care Workforce, Pressures on Home Care Workforce: Inadequate Training, Skills for Care, Social Care, Social Care Funding, Unacceptable Homecare Practices: Behind Closed Doors, Unmet Care Needs, Unmet Health and Care Needs, Unmet Needs, Unmet Social Care Needs, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Issues, Workforce Satisfaction, Workforce Training
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An Emerging Consensus on the State of NHS and Social Care Funding? (BBC News / Health Foundation / King’s Fund)
The Health Select Committee, chaired by Dr Sarah Wollaston, have addressed the much-debated question about whether the NHS has enough funding for sustainability. The main concern is about cuts to local authority budgets for social care (and public health). The … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Age UK, Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, National, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing Population, Alan Johnson MP, Alastair Campbell, Andrew Mitchell MP, Anita Charlesworth: Director of Research and Economics at the Health Foundation, Anita Charlesworth: Health Foundation, BBC Health News, Commons Health Select Committee, Elderly Failed By Shameful Care System (Allegation From Age UK and Alzheimer’s Society), Equality 4 Mental Health, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Performance, Financial Pressure in the NHS, Financial Pressure on Hospitals, Financial Pressures, Financial Resilience, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Funding Challenges, Funding Deficits, Health Select Committee (HSC), House of Commons Health Select Committee, Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb: Former Health Minister (Coalition Government), Litigation Risks For Councils: Failure to Meet Statutory Duties Under Care Act, Mental Health Funding, Mental Health Services, NHS Expenditure, NHS Financial Leadership, NHS Funding, NHS Funding and Rationing, NHS Funding Gap, NHS Mental Health Services, NHS Overspends, NHS Performance, Open Letter From Sarah Wollaston of Commons Health Select Committee to Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP (October 2016), Rationing, Rationing Care, Rationing: Limiting the NHS, Richard Murray: Director of Policy at the King’s Fund, Rt Hon John Reid MP, Rt Hon. Alan Milburn, Rt Hon. Frank Dobson MP, Rt Hon. Kenneth Clarke QC MP, Rt Hon. Patricia Hewitt, Rt Hon. Stephen Dorrell: Former Secretary of State for Health (1995-1997), Sarah Wollaston: Chair of the House of Commons Health Select Committee, Submissions Ahead of Chancellor Philip Hammond's Autumn Statement (2016), Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Upward Spending Pressures
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Care Homes Sector (Still) In Crisis (BBC News / CQC)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC), reflecting on trends in care home closures, has suggested that the care market for older and disabled people in England could be at risk. The number of care homes has declined by roughly 1,500 … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acorn Care Home (Birmingham), Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing Population, Andrea Sutcliffe: Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), BBC Cost of Care Project, BBC Health News, BBC's State of Care Theme, Better Care Fund (BCF), Bruce Moore: Housing And Care 21, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Caroline Abrahams: Director of Age UK, Coordinated Health and Social Care, Costs and Cost Pressures, Coverage Care Services, David Behan CBE, David Behan: Chief Executive of Care Quality Commission, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in England, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Fragility of Adult Social Care Provider Market, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Configuration, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care Services, Home Truths: Social Care For Older People (2016), Housing And Care 21, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Interdependencies, Katherine Murphy: Chief Executive of the Patients Association, Martin Green: Chief Executive of Care England, National Living Wage, National Living Wage in Social Care Sector, Resilience of Health and Social Care, Social Care For Older People: Home Truths, Southern Cross, St Anne's Community Services, State of Health and Adult Social Care Report (2016), State of Health Care and Adult Social Care in England 2015/16, Sustainability, Sustainable Care, Sustainable Funding, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Sustainable Local Funding, Tipping Point in Sustainability of Adult Social Care (Alleged), Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care, Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care: Awaiting Care Package in Own Home, Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care: Awaiting Community Equipment and Adaptations, Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care: Awaiting Completion of Assessment, Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care: Awaiting Further Non-Acute NHS Care, Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care: Awaiting Nursing Home Placement or Availability, Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care: Awaiting Public Finding, Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care: Awaiting Residential Home Placement or Availability, Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care: Disputes, Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care: Housing – Patients Not Covered by NHS and Community Care Act, Trends in Attributed Causes of Delayed Transfers of Care: Patient or Family Choice
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