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Tag Archives: Market Oversight (Care Homes)
Welsh Care Homes Review (BBC Wales / Older People’s Commissioner for Wales)
Summary A review of the quality of life for residents of care homes in Wales has found that many older people have an unacceptable quality of life and tend to become institutionalised quickly. Care homes tend to be perceived as … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged A Place to Call Home (Care Homes Review), Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, Aberystwyth University, Access to GP Services, Activity in Care Homes, Age Cymru Diversity Networks, All Wales Social Care Research Collaboration Project, Alzheimer’s Society Wales, Aneurin Bevan University, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Availability of Care Homes, BBC Health News, BBC Wales, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, Bridgend County Borough Council, British Association of Social Workers in Wales (BASW Cymru), Caerphilly County Borough Council, Caerphilly County Borough Council 50+ Forum, Cardiff & Vale University Health Board, Cardiff Gypsy and Traveller Project, Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW), Care Council for Wales (CCW), Care Forum Wales, Care Home Environments, Care Home Managers, Care Homes, Care Homes in Wales, Care Homes Steering Group (Wales), Care of Older People Living in Care Homes in Wales, Care Staff, Carers Trust, Carers Wales, Carmarthenshire County Council, Ceredigion County Council, Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP), City and County Council of Swansea, Cleanliness and Comfort, College of Occupational Therapists (COT), Commissioning Inspection and Regulation, Continuing Healthcare, Conwy County Borough Council, Crossroads Care South East Wales, Cwm Taf University Health Board, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dementia Care Matters, Denbighsire County Council, Diet (Care Homes), Dining Experiences, Diverse Cymru, EMI (Elderly Mentally Infirm), Failing Care Homes, Flintshire County Council, Good Practice in Care Homes, Gwynedd Council, Health and Wellbeing, Health Boards, High Acuity Needs, Hywel Dda University Health Board, Improving Standards in Care Homes, Institutional Regimes (Care Homes), Interfaith Council for Wales, Isle of Anglesey County Council, Living Well in Care Homes, Local Authorities, Market Oversight (Care Homes), Market Sufficiency, Mealtimes, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Meaningful Occupation, Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council, Monmouthshire County Council, My Home Life Cymru, National Minimum Standards (Wales), Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, Needs of Older People Living in Care Homes, Newport City Council, NHS Continuing Healthcare, Nursing Staff, Occupational Therapy in Care Homes, Older People in Welsh Care Homes, Older People Living in Care Homes, Older People's Commissioner for Wales, Oral Hygiene, Pembrokeshire County Council, People with Dementia in Care Homes, Personal Appearance (Care Home Residents), Personal Hygiene, Polypharmacy, Powys County Council, Powys Teaching Health Board, Prevention, Prevention and Reablement, Profiling Beds, Quality of Life for People Living in Care Homes in Wales, Quality of Life Model, Reablement, Regulation and Inspection of Social Services (Wales), Restrictive Care, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, Sarah Rochira: Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, Sensory Loss, Social Care Rapporteurs, Social Participation, Social Services Regulation and Inspection (Wales), Swansea University, Task-Based Care (Mechanical and Institutionalised), The City of Cardiff Council, Torfaen County Borough Council, Training and Competency, University of South Wales, Vale of Glamorgan Council, Values-Based Training, Wellbeing, Welsh Care Homes Review, Welsh Government, Welsh Senate of Older People, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development, Workforce Planning, Wrexham County Borough Council
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Tougher Financial Checks of Care Home Companies by CQC (BBC News)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is to check the finances of the 50 and 60 largest care companies in England. Large providers of care homes and home care in England are to have their financial records scrutinised regularly in order to identify and avoid … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, BBC Health News, Care Home Assessments, Care Home Business Insolvencies, Care Home Inspections, Care Home Regulation, Care Homes, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Continuity of Care, Financial Issues, Financial Management, Local Authorities (LAs), Market Oversight (Care Homes), Residential Care Homes, Residential Care Homes: Cost Structure, Scrutiny, Service Continuity, Social Care, Southern Cross, Stephen Grant: Wilkins Kennedy
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Prevalence of Dementia in Care Home Residents (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary A survey by the Alzheimer’s Society has discovered that more than 320,000 of the 400,000 people living in the 20,000 care homes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have dementia or severe memory problems. This estimate is almost 30% higher than … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse and Infringement of Mental Capacity Legislation, Age and Ageing, Ageing, Ageing and Long-Term Care: Projections, Aging, Alzheimer’s Disease: Prevalence, Alzheimer’s Society’s Your handy Guide to Selecting a Care Home, Care Home Comparison Web Sites, Care Home Culture, Care Home Market, Care Homes, Care Homes Public Policy, Care Homes Wellbeing, Choice, Community, Dementia Care in Care Homes, DEMFAM and DEMSTAF, Demographic Change and Public Services, Demographic Time-Bomb, Demographics, Demography, Dignity in Care Champions, Home from Home, Human Rights in Care Homes, Impact of Demographic Change on Public Services, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Government Association, London Borough of Merton, Low Expectations Report, Market Oversight (Care Homes), MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Capacity Legislation, PEARL (Positively Enriching And Enhancing Residents’ Lives) Project, Prevalence of Dementia, Proportionality: Human Rights and Mental Capacity Legislation, Regulation, Residential Care Homes, Social Demographics, Volunteers, Worcestershire Care Home Programme, Worcestershire Dementia Care Training and Development Programme
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Care Home Regulation Unfit for Purpose: Care Minister Norman Lamb (BBC News)
Summary Care minister Norman Lamb has concluded that regulation of the care sector is not fit for purpose. New proposals on care homes are open for consultation. One proposal is for regulators to be given greater powers to examine the books of the … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Provision (CQC), Adult Social Care Services, Adult Social Care: Market Oversight, BBC Health News, Care Home Inspections, Care Home Leadership, Care Home Regulation, Care Homes, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Consultation, Consultation Paper, Consumer Protection, Developing Care Markets for Quality and Choice, Early Warning Systems (Care Homes), Former Minister of Care Services Norman Lamb, Four Test System, Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb: Former Health Minister (Coalition Government), Local Authorities, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Authority Scrutiny Functions, Market Oversight (Care Homes), Market Oversight Consultation Team, Market Oversight in Adult Social Care, Norman Lamb (Former Care Minister), Regulation, Regulators, Residential Care Homes, Safeguarding, Social Care Market Regulation, Supplier of Last Resort
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