Care home told to make urgent improvements
A residential care home has been placed into special measures and told to make urgent improvements by the regulator.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried...
Lifeways fined £460,000 for failing to protect residents
Lifeways Community Care Ltd has been ordered to pay more than £495,000 at Cirencester Magistrates’ Court after it failed to protect residents from avoidable...
Letter: Think social care first
On the 30 September the last remaining dedicated funding for social care to deal with Covid will come to an end. Yet the requirements it...
Regulator takes urgent action at care home
Urgent action has been taken against a service that failed to protect individuals living with a learning disability and autistic people from abuse.
The Care...
Response service helps housing and care provider reduce emergency calls
A housing and care provider has recorded a 96% drop in GP and emergency calls after introducing a digital support service providing round-the-clock assistance.
The...
Workforce development fund opens to adult social care employers
The workforce development fund 2021-22 is open to adult social care employers in England to support staff by offering qualifications, programmes, and digital learning...
Loveday & Co to use Cognetivity’s AI dementia detection technology
Technology company Cognetivity Neurosciences will deploy its integrated cognitive assessment (ICA) in Loveday & Co’s Chelsea Court Place to monitor the health of its...
National Care Group launches apprenticeship scheme
National Care Group has set up an academy and apprenticeship programme to help provide career opportunities for the next generation.
The programme, which will offer...
Reforms could make local care markets ‘unsustainable’, warns report
Government reforms will not improve access for people ineligible for services and could destabilise care markets and providers, a report has warned.
The State of...
Homecare offers ‘wider sense of independence and control’
Nine out of 10 people aged 65 and over would prefer to be supported at home rather than in a care setting, a survey...
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