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Care sector ‘teetering on the edge of a cliff’
Labour MPs have hit out at the government in a parliamentary debate for not doing enough to tackle the ongoing crisis in social care.
During...
MPs demand care workers receive flu vaccine
Flu vaccination uptake among care workers looking after older people is at best around 25%, survey results have shown.
A group of MPs said they...
Housing with care a legal view
Partner at CMS Candice Blackwood provides an insight into housing with care arrangements
Cost of care for the elderly last year was estimated to be...
No-deal Brexit to worsen recruitment problems, says Care England
A no-deal Brexit risks worsening recruitment problems in the care sector, an inquiry has been told.
In evidence submitted to the Health and Social Care...
Raise status of social care workforce, says committee
Action needs to be taken in raising the status of the social care workforce, so employees see the sector as an attractive career that...
PRS confused over its target audience, says ARCO exec
The private rented sector (PRS) is being held back because it is confused about its target audience, Associated Retirement Community Operators (ARCO) executive director...
ARCO slams government leasehold reforms
The Associated Retirement Community Operators (ARCO) has criticised government plans to tackle unfair practices in the leasehold sector, arguing that reforms are not the...
Ageism could become a hate crime
Elderly people could be protected under hate crime laws as part of a wide-ranging review by the Law Commission.
The legal reform body has been...
Postal workers to help tackle loneliness among older people
The Home Office will pilot a scheme with Royal Mail, private enterprise, local authorities and the voluntary sector to help identify and support older...
Fewer older people getting homecare
Almost 20,000 fewer older people are getting care at home, figures obtained by Labour MP Barbara Keeley have shown.
Data provided through Freedom of Information...
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