Home Care News
Government to scrap 'bureaucratic nightmare' of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard coroner inquests
24 Nov 2016
Coroners will no longer be required to carry out inquests for anyone who dies while under Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), under an amendment to the Policing and Crime Bill. The Government has ruled.....
Autumn Statement: Job losses from wage rise puts social care in 'NAM' not 'JAM'
23 Nov 2016
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Autumn Statement tried to 'absolutely ignore’ social care but seemed to deal the sector a body blow anyway with a rise in the minimum wage expected to bring job losses. Instead.....
MP Norman Lamb warns Brexit may exacerbate social care workforce crisis if UK 'clamps down' on immigration
18 Nov 2016
Liberal Democrat spokesperson for health, Norman Lamb, has spoken of fears for the social care sector which depends ‘very substantially’ on EU workers. The pressures facing the health and social care systems.....
Rallying cry for MPs to 'Save social care tonight' gets 279 'noes'
17 Nov 2016
An opposition-led debate proposing a motion to bring forward social care funding for 2019-20 to treat the sector’s funding crisis, has been defeated with 279 'noes' and only 200 ‘ayes’. Speaking on 16 November,.....
Care failures reveal home care workers are 'crying out' for dementia training
17 Nov 2016
A lack of training for home care workers is leaving people with dementia in soiled clothing, without food or water or in hospitals and care homes when they should be at home, an investigation reveals. The.....
Probiotics found in yoghurt may 'benefit cognition' in people with Alzheimer's disease
11 Nov 2016
Probiotics found in yoghurt and supplements could help improve memory and cognition in people with Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests. A small clinical trial of 52 participants revealed that people.....