Monthly Archives: September 2011
Family home carers need to be able to access the internet
Digital Future: Tackling Social Exclusion Through Technology
Digital skills are vital for education and employment and with government services moving ever closer to digital by default, an exciting forum “A Digital Future: Tackling Social Exclusion Through Technology”, will be exploring key issues surrounding the Race Online 2012 campaign including breaking down the digital divide and promoting the benefits of the internet for vulnerable groups.
Elderly and disabled people face risks from unscrupulous traders
Mobility aids scams threaten elderly says OFT
By Simon Gompertz Personal finance correspondent, BBC News
Government is to drop the planned excellence award for social care providers
Social care providers’ excellence award to be ditched
The government is to drop the planned excellence award for social care providers after it was universally rejected by the sector.
Care Quality Commission chair Jo Williams said today she saw no prospect of the scheme going ahead after it had receievd a “universal thumbs down” by providers’ bodies and organisations such as the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services in a CQC consultation that closed last month.
