CM Special Report

From mechanical personal trainers to robo-pets, technology is rapidly sculpting a new landscape in the field of modern elderly care. Inventions coming out of Japan and the Far East include giant bears designed to lift people out of bed and motorised seals used to engage dementia patients.

Ahead of this month’s Spending Review , director of policy and campaigns at the UK Homecare Association Colin Angel talks about the problems facing the sector and what he hopes will be in Chancellor George Osborne’s speech. He tweets as @colintwangel.

The independent mental health sector in the UK has been consolidating at an unprecedented rate since the entry of two US health giants. In a changing market, Maria Davies explored why size matters

Earlier this year the Care Quality Commission (CQC) published guidance aimed at residents, families, carers and anyone who uses health and care services, about things to think about when consideration is being given to utilising recording equipment in a care home setting.

Like many other organisations in the UK, the care sector relies on overseas skilled-workers to help service the population’s health and care needs.

Chief executive of Four Seasons’ self-pay care home business brighterkind, Jeremy Richardson talks to CCMn about ratios, refurbs and reinvigorating its workforce.

Publicly funded homecare is on a precipice and the market is described as extremely fragile’ by Professor Martin Green of Care England. One could be forgiven for thinking it is already broken given recent sector news.

Going ahead with implementing the second phase of reforms contained within the Care Act would further polarise the care home market and weaken local authorities’ position as the primary purchaser of services – forcing them to raise fees, according to extensive research from LaingBuisson.

Head of healthcare Paul Birley talks to CCMn about investment in the care sector and why banks should offer more than just money.

Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) could become a growth area’ for independent sector providers - but only if the government sticks to its pledge of extra funding, they say.