Home Care News
Innovative training scheme for home care workers axed after Chancellor cancels funding
22 Dec 2015
A new advanced diploma for home care workers has been scrapped after Government funding was withdrawn as part of the Spending Review. The training programme called ‘Home Care of the Future’ was going to.....
Anxiety 'increases risk' of developing dementia
21 Dec 2015
People who experience high anxiety are one and a half times more likely to develop dementia, according to a new study led by University Southern Californian (USC) researchers. Although previous research has.....
Singing in choirs and helping children read helps maintain older people's mental wellbeing
17 Dec 2015
Improving the mental wellbeing of older people can benefit families and communities as well as reducing or avoiding the need for health and social care, according to new guidance from NICE. Health watchdog,.....
Doctors urged to give patients a 'good death' with personalised plans
16 Dec 2015
Advice has been drawn up to help health and social care workers deliver ‘a good death’ for dying patients. The guidelines from NICE (the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) recommend personalised plans for the dying.....
Concerns raised over CQC's 'alarming lack of attention to detail'
11 Dec 2015
The Committee of Public Accounts has raised concerns over the performance and ability of the independent care regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), to regulate health and care services. In its twelfth.....
Moderate drinking reduces the risk of death in people with early stage Alzheimer’s disease
11 Dec 2015
Research conducted by the Danish Alzheimer's Intervention Study has proved a link between moderate alcohol consumption and a reduced risk of death in people with early stage Alzheimer’s disease. The study, published in the journal.....
Care sector calls for crisis talks following Spending Review
09 Dec 2015
Four agencies representing care providers and commissioners across the health and social care sector have requested urgent crisis talks with the Treasury and Whitehall Departments, following a growing crisis in the care of older people.....