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New JRF report proposes five reforms for fairer funding
The latest report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) spells out five affordable reforms to enable fairer, and more adequate, funding of long-term care...
Wanless calls for trebling of funding and an end to means testing
Government funding of social care for the elderly must increase threefold over the next two decades to more than £30bn a year if it...
Budget ‘black hole’ means tighter eligibility criteria
Harsh financial pressures in combination with demographic shifts across the country are to blame for a gaping £1.7bn ‘black hole’ in social care budgets,...
Independent sector on top in home care statistics
Home care provided by independent sector companies accounted for almost three quarters of the 3.6 million contact hours funded by local authorities in 2005,...
Priory chief spills all in peerage debacle
The Labour party was last month forced by the elections watchdog to reveal comprehensive details of ‘loans’ to the tune of some £14m made...
CSCI serves up good practice guide
One in six care homes are not meeting the grade when it comes to national minimum standards for meals, according to the Commission for...
CSCI considering ‘care broker’ role
The Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) has issued a discussion paper asking care professionals whether there is scope to establish a new role...
DH ‘dignity guardians’ to clamp down on abuse
Plans to establish a body of so-called ‘dignity guardians’ were revealed by care minister Liam Byrne last month after a government commissioned study revealed...
Preventative care funding in round two POPPs
As further proof of the government conviction in preventative care and expanding the opportunity to remain living at home, a further £18.5m is being...
Thumbs up for village living
Retirement villages offer an appealing combination of independence and security and are seen by many older people as means by which to improve their...
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