3i buys major stake in Green Corns

Venture capital group 3i has funded a £26m buy in/ management buy out (BIMBO) of Green Corns, a care homes provider for children aged...

Home care charging report

Community Care Market News (News) March 2004Government guidance on fairer charging for home care is not helping disabled and older people enough, according to...

Welsh home care agency regulations approved

Community Care Market News (News) March 2004The Welsh Assembly has approved the Domiciliary Care Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2004 during a recent parliamentary session. However,...

NHS-funded nursing care changes

Community Care Market News (News) March 2004The DoH is to freeze the lowest band of NHS-funded nursing care funding in a bid to encourage...

Age Concern Across Norfolk chief

Keith Owen has been appointed chief executive of Age Concern Across Norfolk, the charitable company set up in 2001 to promote and support the...

Wandsworth home care contracts

Wandsworth Council has agreed plans to put its in-house domiciliary care contracts into the independent sector following a six-month tendering process. Wandsworth originally put...

Pensioners demand free long term care

Community Care Market News (News) March 2004The National Pensioners' Convention has asked the government not to charge pensioners for long term care in a...

Joseph Rowntree Direct Payments report

Community Care Market News (News) March 2004A new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 'It Pays Dividends': Direct Payments and Older People, has found...

ECCA sets strategy

Community Care Market News (News) March 2004Hamilton Anstead, chief executive of Four Seasons and chair of the English Community Care Association (ECCA) has set...

Kent unveils £49m capital spend

Kent County Council has announced a social services capital spend of £49m. The budget covers a four year period and capital projects include two...