Childcare improvements at Norwich

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Two new care facilities for children and young adults with physical and learning difficulties have opened in Norwich as part of a modernisation programme...

Aberdeen announces home closure

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In the wake of increased efforts by the Scottish Care Commission to improve standards in care homes, Aberdeenshire council has launched another review of...

Kirklees completes supported living plan

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Six Kirklees residents with learning difficulties are scheduled to move into a complex of supported living flats in the New Year after the successful...

£1.5m boost to elder independence

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Older people with mental health needs in Camden, and their carers, will benefit from a £1.5m investment, thanks to last month's announcement that the...

Devon voters put homecare at top of list

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Helping more elderly and disabled people to continue living in their own homes instead of residential care is the top priority for people in...

Cost of care crippling Cambridgeshire

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Cambridgeshire county council has revealed that pressures resulting from the cost of providing care and support to vulnerable children in the county will lead...

Individual budgets will open the floodgates to independent sector opportunity

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Care services minister Liam Byrne has said that the launch of a pilot scheme which hands elderly and disabled people the keys to individual...

Residential placements projected at 1.3m older people by 2071

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Using the Government Actuary Department's (GAD) recently published 2004-based projections for the United Kingdom, Laing and Buisson projects that demand for places in residential...

Community Care statistics 2005

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The number of people aged over 65 who are supported by councils with social services responsibilities (CSSR) in residential and nursing care homes has...

Pressures revealed by CSCI ‘state of nation’ report

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The first comprehensive report into England's social care system has painted a picture of a country with patchy and fragmented provision which concentrates too...
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