Home Care News
Home care providers hand back 'unsustainable' contracts to local councils
20 Mar 2017
Care providers have cancelled contracts with 95 UK councils due to a lack of funding, an investigation has found. BBC Panorama found that agencies were "struggling" to deliver the care required with the funding.....
Antidepressant helps people ditch chocolate biscuits for healthier food
16 Mar 2017
A drug used to treat depression makes people more likely to eat healthy food rather than tasty, fatty snacks, say academics. The discovery by researchers, follows a series of trials involving the antidepressant.....
'Failing law': People with dementia and learning difficulties are detained in care without checks
13 Mar 2017
Thousands of vulnerable people with dementia and learning disabilities are being detained in hospitals and care homes without the appropriate checks, due to a "failing law unfit for purpose," the Law Commission has said. Since.....
Chancellor's Spring Budget hands social care extra £2bn
08 Mar 2017
Chancellor Philip Hammond's Spring Budget has given an extra £2bn to social care over the next three years - with £1bn available in 2017/18. The £1bn available this year, was described as a bridge to the.....
Link found between autoimmune diseases and heightened risk of dementia
02 Mar 2017
Autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and coeliac disease, may be linked to an increased risk of dementia, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Oxford analysed data of people.....