Tag Archives: Older care

Norfolk County Council’s £7m overspend on adult services is criticised

May 12, 2015   Carers, Featured Article, Heart, Norfolk, Social care
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Dedicated team makes telecare a mainstream response to social care needs

March 17, 2015   Carers, Featured Article, telecare

Pagers, monitored smoke detectors, sensors and recordings of familiar voices are all being used to help people live independently for longer in Hull

writes Louise Eastwood

March 17, 2015 in Adults, Disability, Domiciliary care, Older people
Photo: Gluckkmb/Fotolia

By Louise Eastwood

While many local authorities decided to diversify staff responsibilities to encompass telecare within existing services, Hull Council decided that in order to maximise support for residents in a way that did not compromise ongoing social care, it would create a dedicated telecare team to offer help and guidance to residents, carers and service providers 24 hours a day.

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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.

Photograph: Christopher Thomond for The Guardian. for the Guardian

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.

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