Tech and care organisations unveil case for learning disability deal
Hft has set out a case for a deal with the government to help transform the learning disability sector and the way care is...
Data reveals ‘sad and stark’ impact of Covid-19 on people with a learning disability...
Analysis has revealed there was a 134% increase in the number of deaths among people with a learning disability or autism between 10 April...
App aims to help people live independently for longer
The Sound Doctor has developed an app to help people live longer and more independently at home.
Aimed at people aged over 70, the app...
Social care research projects to receive annual investment
Extra money will be provided annually to fund research into adult social care.
Following the Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme last year, which funded...
Nearly eight million people providing unpaid family care
The number of people providing unpaid care to a relative has shot up by a million over a decade to reach 7.6 million in...
Independent Age CEO steps down
Janet Morrison (pictured) has stepped down as chief executive of Independent Age with immediate effect after nearly 12 years.
The older people’s charity said it...
Care home residents abandoned due to ‘shockingly irresponsible’ decisions, report finds
A series of government failures put tens of thousands of older people’s lives at risk and led to violations of care home residents’ human...
Nourish Care links up with digital health provider Whzan
Vital observations will be available alongside daily care records following a partnership between Nourish Care and Whzan Digital Health.
Nourish, a digital care management software...
Salutem fined £100,000 for failing to protect resident
Salutem LD Bidco IV Ltd has been ordered to pay more than £117,000 after failing to provide safe care and treatment to a resident.
The...
State pension model proposed to fund care
A former cabinet minister has set out proposals identifying how to plug a £2.75bn funding gap in social care.
Damian Green MP, who commissioned the...
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