Tag Archives: carers
Elderly and disabled people face risks from unscrupulous traders
Mobility aids scams threaten elderly says OFT
By Simon Gompertz Personal finance correspondent, BBC News
The elderly are vulnerable to high prices quoted on the doorstep
Government is to drop the planned excellence award for social care providers
Social care providers’ excellence award to be ditched
Jeremy Dunning
Wednesday 28 September 2011 11:26
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.
Families would like to care for their family in hospital
Carers back call for extended visiting times in hospitals
Jeremy Dunning
Tuesday 27 September 2011 14:47
Relatives should be more involved in supplying care for their loved ones in hospital as long as it does not replace NHS support, a carers group has said.
