Guidance released on providing care to LGBTQ+ people in later life
Skills for Care has published a framework to support workers in providing care to older lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer (LGBTQ+) people.
Commissioned and funded...
Abbeyfield to provide pay uplifts to attract and retain staff
Abbeyfield Society will be increasing its overall pay wage bill by 15% for frontline staff as it looks to attract and retain workers by...
Investors need to develop understanding of care sector, report finds
Institutional investors need to better understand the care sector to help deliver sustainable returns, as interest in the asset class grows.
A report from healthcare...
Florence moves into Canadian market
Healthcare and social care staffing platform Florence has announced plans to expand into Canada.
The company, which raised £28.5m in a Series B last year,...
Taskforce aimed at tackling housing options gathers support
A taskforce aimed at tackling the challenges of an ageing population in Scotland continues to garner support.
A year after the Scottish housing with care...
Horizon Care & Education fully integrates Key2 with rebrand
Horizon Care & Education has fully integrated Key2 into its business by renaming the division Horizon Supported Accommodation.
The move comes as it prepares for...
Government provides £3m for better social care data collection
Councils will receive a portion of a new one-off £3m fund to support the roll out of a data project to better understand an...
Health and care staff experiencing ‘incredibly high levels’ of abuse
One in three nurses, healthcare and care workers have reported receiving more abuse in the past year than ever before.
A study of 463 workers...
Silverlake’s Windermere House to include nursing care for older people
Silverlake Care has opened Windermere House to include a 30-bed general nursing facility for older people.
Three wings of the care centre, which supports people...
Sabio Group supports Appello Careline roll-out of cloud platform
Digital customer experience provider Sabio Group has supported Appello Careline to migrate to a new cloud contact centre platform.
In a multi-year agreement, Sabio helped...