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Care Quality Commission says unannounced inspections will be carried out from next month

February 22, 2012   Carers, Older care

‘Dignity’ inspections in hundreds of care homes within weeks

A team of inspectors is to be sent into hundreds of care homes within to check whether elderly people are being treated with dignity.

By , Social Affairs Editor

11:53AM GMT 22 Feb 2012

 

The care regulator the Care Quality Commission, said inspectors would begin carrying out unannounced spot checks on residential homes across England from next month checking whether basic standards are being maintained.

It comes as the Government threw its weight behind a new code of conduct for care workers and nurses which demands that elderly patients are treated with dignity and respect and not simply treated as “objects”.

Politicians on both sides of the Commons, The Royal College of Nursing, the TUC, and charities including AGE UK are among supporters of the new “Dignity Code” drawn up by the National Pensioners’ Convention.

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Welfare changes in County Durham may leave people homeless

February 21, 2012   Carers, ukcuts

Benefit change ‘will put 4,500 more homes beyond families’

Feb 21, 2012

THE Government’s planned welfare reforms will place a further 4,500 County Durham homes beyond the reach of low-income families, a housing charity has claimed.
Cuts in payments of Local Housing Allowance (LHA) and caps on housing benefit could leave claimants facing potential homelessness, the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has warned.
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Young carers in Blackpool having fun with RoboCarer

February 21, 2012   Carers, young carers

Kids meet RoboCarer

Carers – Kerri-Ann Leighton helps kit Robocarer Wade Cumming out

Published on Monday 20 February 2012 14:07

MOST of us wouldn’t know David Richardson if we bumped into him on the streets.

That’s the way he likes it. The man behind the camera, directing action others watch.

Many will be familiar with his work as a TV director. Emmerdale last year. Shameless back in 2009. Five years or so on Hollyoaks. Grange Hill. EastEnders. Brookside. And more.

Throw in The Celts for good measure and some short films and work with some of the biggest names in British cinema, and David’s on the roll call of honour when it comes to directors of clout and kudos.

So – with the greatest respect – what brings him to Claremont Community Centre, North Shore, on a bleak midwinter evening to help children with their film project?

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