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Who will foot the bill to raise pay for care workers?
March 10, 2015
Carers, Featured Article, Social care
As public sector workers strike over pay in Liverpool, Phoebe Dempster holds a banner in support of her care worker mother.
What is to be done about the scandal of low pay in the social care sector? With 100 care agencies under investigation for failure to pay the national minimum wage, shortchanging an estimated 160,000 workers, there’s an understandable sense of outrage on behalf of this vast but low-profile workforce.
Dementia care home dog Ellie May up for award at Crufts
March 8, 2015
Carers, dementia, Featured Article
Julie Cashell says Ellie May unites the home and puts visitors and residents at ease