Tag Archives: carers

Care Act 2014: the public needs to get involved in the consultation

July 8, 2014   Carers, Featured Article, Social care

People with care needs should dictate how generous the social care system is and who it supports

 

  • Andy Kaye Guardian Professional,
  • The Department of Health consultation is nearly 1000 pages long – but is still vitally important.
  • Unless a high-speed railway is about to be directed through your garden, why would a member of the public take the time to respond to a government consultation? Take the consultation from the Department of Health on the rules affecting who qualifies for care and support, which was published in June. All a bit boring, isn’t it? It’s hundreds of pages long and full of legalese.
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Fourteen Cornish Charities Get Grants Cut

July 8, 2014   Carers, charities, disability, ukcuts

10:14am 8th July 2014

Pressure is going to be increased on carers

Fourteen Cornish charities are having their grants cut.

It is as Cornwall Council is scrapping a number of adult social care services.

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Alzheimer’s research in ‘major step’ towards blood test

July 8, 2014   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia, Featured Article

By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News website

British scientists have made a “major step forward” in developing a blood test to predict the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

Research in more than 1,000 people has identified a set of proteins in the blood which can predict the start of the dementia with 87% accuracy.

The findings, published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia, will be used to improve trials for new dementia drugs.

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