Charity criticises ‘unfair’ home care charges

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Community Care Market News (News) April 2004Age Concern has called the current home care charging system 'grossly unfair' after a report showed dramatic increases...

Health minister predicts fall in the number of people living in care homes (31/03/04)

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31 March 2004. Speaking at Laing & Buisson's Annual Long Term Care for Older People Conference on March , Dr Ladyman urged delegates to re-think...

Audit Commission reports on independent living

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Community Care Market News (News) March 2004The Audit Commission, together with Better Government for Older People, has published a series of reports examining the...

Support lacking for older blind

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Community Care Market News (News) March 2004Older blind people are not receiving the support they are entitled to, according to a new report by...

Bury extends day care

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Bury Council is to spend £100,000 modernising its Redcliffe Elderly Person's Home in order to provide extra daycare facilities for older people in the...

Leeds service set to improve

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Most people in Leeds are served well by social services and prospects for services improving in the future are promising, according to a Joint...

Country Housing Association deal

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Community Care Market News (News) March 2004Country Housing Association (CHA), the country house preservation charity, has advertised the sale of eight of its properties...

OFT publishes contracts guide

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Community Care Market News (News) March 2004The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published a guide to help privately funded residents secure fairer contract...

DoH issues funding guidance

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Community Care Market News (News) March 2004The government has published its Guidance on Access and Systems Capacity Grant 2004/05 and the Delayed Discharge Grant...

Caerphilly opens first extra care scheme

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Caerphilly has developed its Tredegar Court sheltered housing scheme into an extra care sheltered housing scheme at a cost of £1.2m.Tredegar Court will now...
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