Dilnot to urge £50,000 cap on social care costs for
elderly
www.communitycare.co.uk
The Dilnot commission on
social care funding is set to recommend that individuals
should have to pay no more than £50,000 with the
taxpayer picking up the rest...Read
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27/06/11 |
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Labour urges state-funded social care for all ahead
of Dilnot report
www.communitycare.co.uk
In a key speech today,
shadow health secretary John Healey said the Dilnot
reforms should be based on the idea that "everyone
should share a responsibility to contribute and everyone
should share a right to some support"...Read
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23/06/2011 |
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How does Sunderland provide social care to all
residents who need it?
www.guardian.co.uk
Unlike other councils, Sunderland does not restrict
social care to people with only 'critical' or
'substantial' needs. David Brindle looks at how it is
done...Read
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22/06/2011 |
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Equality and Human Rights Commission inquiry into
homecare for older people
www.ukhca.co.uk
The vital
importance of dignified home-based care was stressed by the
United Kingdom Homecare Association (UKHCA), responding to the
publication of preliminary evidence from the Equality and Human
Rights Commission’s (EHRC) inquiry into homecare services for
older people...
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22/06/2011 |
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Older people cared for at home 'lacking basic rights'
www.bbc.co.uk
Care of older
people in their homes is so poor their human rights are being
overlooked, an inquiry by the Equality and Human Rights
Commission has found. The inquiry is investigating how
well over-65s who receive homecare visits are looked after in
England...Read
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22/06/2011 |
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'Direct payments stall despite evidence
of better outcomes'
www.communitycare.co.uk
Direct payment levels in England have stalled in the past
year despite evidence
that they are
associated with better outcomes than council-managed
personal budgets, major research into personalisation has
shown...Read
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22/06/2011 |
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Four arrests after patient
abuse caught on film
Police in Bristol have arrested four
people after secret filming by BBC Panorama found a
pattern of serious abuse at a residential
hospital.Winterbourne View treats people with learning
disabilities and autism...Read
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07/06/2011 |
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An open letter to the Minister for Disabled
People, Maria Miller, from the Acting Chair of the
United Kingdom Disabled Peoples Council, Julie Newman.
Dear Minister,
I have just seen the BBC Panorama investigation into the
abuse that was inflicted upon residents of a privately
run ‘hospital’, Winterbourne View Hospital for People
with Learning Difficulties...Read
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02/06/2011 |
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