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Sep 5, 2023
More Home Care Delivered
Councils commissioned 30% more home care hours from January to March 2023 at 54.5 million hours than the previous quarter according to...
Aug 29, 2023
Care Assessment Wait Reduces
Local Authorities have cut care and assessment waiting lists by 60,000 since last summer and are arranging more home care, but continue...
Aug 24, 2023
What is pension credit?
Pension Credit provides extra money to help with living costs for people over State Pension age and on a low income. Pension Credit can...
Aug 23, 2023
The Cinnamon Trust
The only specialist national charity for people in their last years and their much loved, much needed companion animals. Their network of...
Aug 22, 2023
Available Care Beds
The number of Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered care home beds as at the start of March 2023 was 461,958 – a decrease since last...
Aug 21, 2023
Care home inspection reports
In the UK, there are four watchdogs responsible for inspecting and reporting on care providers. The reports are publicly available and...
Aug 17, 2023
Professor of Scamming
Professor Keith Brown leads the National research into financial fraud and scams with the Chartered Trading Standards Institute and the...
Aug 15, 2023
ADASS Demands
To improve social care, boost our economy and enable carers to continue working, social care leaders are calling on the Government to...
Aug 14, 2023
Get a Care Needs Assessment
Sometimes, it can be difficult to know the best way to meet the care needs of a loved one. So how do you decide? The first step is to...
Aug 10, 2023
Mobility Aids and Home Adaptations on Hospital Discharge
If you have mobility issues and would benefit from home adaptations or mobility equipment, you will need to be assessed by...
Aug 9, 2023
How to find sheltered housing
The majority of sheltered housing schemes are operated by local councils and housing associations. Some charities and landlords...
Aug 8, 2023
Carers Allowance
You could get £76.75 a week if you care for someone at least 35 hours a week and they get certain benefits. You do not have to be related...
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