Category: Care sector news
IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE TOUR BUS HELPS COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND DEMENTIA
Home Instead UK has, once again, taken its dementia experience bus on tour to give people the rare opportunity to step into the shoes of someone living with the condition. Having taken a...
PERSONAL ALARMS HELP TO ALLEVIATE ELDERLY PEOPLE’S CONCERNS ABOUT LIVING ALONE
A recent survey from Taking Care sheds light on why older people choose to invest in a personal alarm, and it’s clear that one key factor stands out: living alone. The survey, which...
VACANCY RATES IN SOCIAL CARE RETURN TO PRE-COVID LEVELS
Social care vacancy rates have returned to pre-Covid levels, according to the latest data from Skills for Care – the workforce development body for adult social care in England. The annual...
ONLINE BUT UNSUPPORTED: NEW RESEARCH ON CYBER SECURITY FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
Too many people with learning disabilities are being left to navigate the online world without the support they need. A new report from the Digital Care Hub calls on the adult social care sector to...
FREE ACTIVITY SESSIONS LAUNCHED BY WALFINCH LEICESTER & LOUGHBOROUGH
Home care company Walfinch has launched free local activity sessions in Leicester and Loughborough. Kishan Pala, Managing Director of Walfinch home care Leicester and Loughborough, has launched...
CARERS NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS INEQUALITIES FACING UNPAID CARERS
Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face, and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK....
THE CARE WORKERS’ CHARITY RESPONDS TO THE HOMECARE ASSOCIATION'S REPORT: FEE RATES FOR STATE-FUNDED HOMECARE IN 2025-26
A new report from the Homecare Association reveals the shocking extent of underfunding in the homecare sector – branding current commissioning practices as “state-sponsored labour...
SCIE CHIEF EXECUTIVE KATHRYN SMITH RECEIVES OBE AST WINDSOR CASTLE
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has announced that its Chief Executive, Kathryn Smith, has received her Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) medal at a prestigious...
NCF RESPONDS TO GOVERNMENT PLANS TO END OVERSEAS RECRUITMENT OF CARE WORKERS
The National Care Forum (NCF), an association for not-for-profit social care, has responded to government plans that will imminently end the recruitment of overseas workers into care jobs in the UK....
SCIE RESPONDS TO HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE COMMITTEE REPORT
This week, the Health and Social Care Committee has published its report, Adult Social Care Reform: the cost of inaction. The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) submitted written...
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