LGA launches green paper on adult social care
The Local Government Association (LGA) has launched a consultation to kick-start a debate on how adult social care should be paid for.
Publication of its...
Horizon appoints COO
Jemima Taylor has been appointed chief operating officer of specialist children’s services provider Horizon Care and Education.
Taylor, who worked at Lifeways for 10 years...
Agency costs at Mencap grows despite investment in staff pay
Agency costs more than doubled at Royal Mencap Society despite investing in pay for its support workers.
The charity decided to increase its minimum hourly...
Housing with care research identifies health cost benefits
Increasing housing with care provision in Southampton to 450 units could have an annual health cost benefit of almost £900,000, research has shown.
The city’s...
Councils accused of buying homecare services ‘on the cheap’
The homecare sector needs at least £402m per year to ensure workers receive the statutory National Living Wage (£7.83), while also ensuring providers can...
Directors involved in a ‘grim and deadly struggle’, ADASS president says
Leaders of adult social care services are engaged in a ‘grim and deadly struggle’ to sustain provision that has been long overdue for reform.
Addressing...
Council network calls for more retirement homes
More housing options need to be made available to older people, so they have the choice to downsize to homes that are more adaptable...
Care providers concerned over sustainability of services, survey finds
Almost three-quarters of care providers are concerned about the sustainability of their service, a survey by the National Care Association has revealed.
Worries about increases...
Belong to focus on recovery plan following dip in occupancy
Increasing occupancy will be one of the key objectives for not-for-profit provider Belong after its household operations saw a dip from 91.1% in March...
Podcast: Adam Carter speaks to Gordon Hamilton
In this episode of The Wine Cellar Sessions, Carter Schwartz’s managing director Adam Carter talks to Gordon Hamilton, managing director of Alpha Helix Corporate...
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