Home Care News
'Unable to boil an egg or make the bed': Report reveals home care workers lack basic skills
24 Aug 2017
Some care workers who support people in their own homes lack experience and basic skills, including the ability to wash someone or make their breakfast, a new report has found. According to a Healthwatch.....
Extra 71,200 care home beds needed by 2025
15 Aug 2017
An extra 71,215 care home places will be needed within the next eight years as life expectancy and care needs rise, while 4.4 million people will require care at home, a new study predicts. A study published.....
Game of Thrones star wades into row over back pay for overnight home care workers
03 Aug 2017
A Games of Thrones star, who plays the hero Jon Snow in the hit TV show, has waded into an argument about the Government's decision to make care providers pay as much as six years’ worth of wages owed to ‘sleep-in’ care workers. Actor.....