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The Mental Capicity Act on Agenda at CareliveUk
Jonathan Wilkey a solicitor from Gwyn James Solicitors, specialising in the law relating to the elderly. John will be giving a seminar on the pit falls providers can face with the mental capicity act. The event which is free to attend brings a full seminar program offering talks on current topics, training & advice. Brighton Racecource 19 May
For more information and for booking click here
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Age Concern and Help the Aged bring together Labour and Tory rivals to discuss care funding
Age Concern and Help the Aged has scored a coup by persuading health secretary Andy Burnham and Tory shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley to share a platform for a care summit.
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Adass tells DH: Make personal care part-funded not free
The government should part-fund personal care at home for people with high needs rather than make it free to ensure the policy is affordable for councils, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services has said.
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New NHS dementia awareness campaign launched
One in three (32 per cent) people are uncomfortable around people with dementia according to new research.
The full results of the MORI poll were announced by Care Services Minister Phil Hope today as he launched a new NHS dementia awareness campaign.
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Skills for Care welcome new strategy to boost training for workers supporting people with autism
Skills for Care have welcomed £500,000 of funding to help frontline social care and health professionals become more aware of the needs of people with autism.
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EUROPE PLANS 20 WEEKS MATERNITY LEAVE
The European Parliament's women's rights and gender equality committee has voted through plans to force firms to pay pregnant women 100% of their salary for at least 20 weeks. The introduction would leave British businesses facing the prospect of a crippling £2 billion burden to implement the measures.
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Stock Clearance from econo-care
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Bureaucracy grows as care homes close
There are two worlds of social care: on top is Quangoworld - the bloated, bullying, bureaucracy - and below is the real world where the work gets done. Barely a day passes without some new edict or initiative from the policy elite demanding the time and attention of care managers to be diverted from the job of running good basic services for the people who depend on them. Good care homes are closing, crushed and sucked dry by the weight of expensive and parasitic organisations. |
Changes to National Minimum Standards!
The new CQC Essential Standards of quality and safety are due to come into effect on 1 October 2010, replacing the current National Minimum Standards. Let Croner Care Home Management help you stay up to date with the vital information these changes will encompass, and enable your organisation to make the transition smoothly and efficiently.
Care Check CRB launches e-Bulk Paperless Applications
This week Care Check has launched its Paperless Application Channel for the submission of CRB Checks. e-Bulk is a fantastic system which will revolutionise the way Care Check's clients request their CRB Checks.
Action Against Burglary
Age Concern and Help the Aged are helping older people to take simple measures this winter to feel more secure at home.
It’s important to remember that older people are no more at risk of burglary than other people. In fact‚ the government has stated that the number of burglaries committed since 1997 has fallen by 55%*. However‚ the impact of burglary‚ or just the fear that it might happen to them‚ can be more significant for older people. |
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Falls Prevention
The FallsX™ InfraRed Bedside Monitor can be used for either
Falls or Wandering Prevention in Care Homes, Domiciliary Care
or Hospitals. Download our Brochure.
Free carbon trust funding from D-ENERGi.
Let D-ENERGi reduce your care homes Co2 and cut business costs totally free charge with intrest free carbon trust funding.
Recognising and understanding dementia
In 2007 a National Audit Office survey found that 201,000 people with dementia live in residential care homes.
Switch on to Education & Training, using Satellite Television.
Education & Training using Satellite Television means that you can now have scheduled training programmes transmitted directly into your care home...
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Free delivery on all orders from Econo care
Econo-care’s aim is to become a leader in the Care Home supplies market by putting its customers first. Helping customers become more efficient; saving time and money, allowing them to focus on core business aims and objectives. FREE Delivery on everything!
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Staff Retention
In a buoyant employment market such as the care sector, a key to understanding staff retention is getting to grips with the fact that it is simply no longer good enough to expect employees to be grateful for having a job.
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Retirement sale by Pinkertons
Pinkertons are pleased to announce the sale of 1 and 2 Hill Lodge registered for 18 people with learning disabilities in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
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Why I’ve switched on to ACC ...
Sylvie Silver is the Director of NAPA, the National Association for Providers of Activities, an organisation whose mission is to develop expertise in activity provision and ensure it is at the heart of care for older people. Sylvie represents NAPA at a strategic level, campaigns for change and regularly trains care home staff in all aspects of activity provision. She’s also the presenter of ACC’s programme Dementia: Providing Meaningful Activities for Older People. Here Sylvie explains why she’s so enthusiastic about ACC-TV
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Excellence in Care Management
The first Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Level 5 accredited course, specifically designed those who hold managerial responsibility in all types of care settings has received exceptional feedback since its introduction at Care Live UK in September.
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IMMIGRATION MATTERS
Weekly Immigration News Round up 17 January 2010
Four people who ran a bogus college and corrupt immigration advisory firm have been jailed for a total of 25 years for masterminding an immigration scam that is thought to have netted them millions of pounds, the UK Border Agency has revealed. |
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Firm to order swab tests for staff off with swine flu
Staff at an engineering firm suspected of having swine flu are to be tested to make sure they are genuinely ill and not just taking an unearned summer break. Managers are to pay for 125 swab tests to make sure none of its 40 workers are taking unnecessary time off. |
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Crunch hits care homes as foreign workers go home The Sunday
Mirror reports that care homes are struggling to survive as “tens of thousands of foreign workers quit recession-hit Britain”. |
Steep rise in tribunal claims poses a threat to employers
The recession has sparked a huge rise in tribunal claims which have created costly and time-consuming problems for employers. |
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CRAEGMOOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO PUT THE INDIVIDUAL AT THE CENTRE OF ALL CARE POLICY
In a speech to this year’s English Community Care Association (ECCA) conference – ‘Up Close & Personal’ – on Thursday 12th November, Ted Smith, the Chief Executive of Craegmoor, called on the Government to put the individual at the centre of all health and social care policy.
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National Care Procider Calls For Government Action On Autism Following NAO Report
Craegmoor Healthcare, the leading provider of specialist support to people with learning disabilities, mental health illnesses and other complex needs, has today called for the Government to implement the recommendations made in the National Audit Office (NAO) report on supporting people with autism through adulthood, which was published last week. |
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