The draft report and recommendations from the Commission on Improving Dignity in Care was published last week. It outlines ten key recommendations for hospitals and care homes to help them tackle the underlying causes of undignified care. The aim of the report is to examine how care for the elderly can be improved through increasing …
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In the Sefton judgment last year, the Local Authority’s decision to freeze fees for residential care was quashed on the basis that it had not considered the actual cost of care when setting the usual price it would pay providers. That decision was the high point of the campaign by providers and representative bodies to …
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On 18 February 2012, an online database of almost 60,000 eldercare and childcare services in England was launched to considerable public fanfare. Known as the Good Care Guide it operates in a similar way to TripAdvisor, allowing families using childcare or adult care services to find and rate care providers. Three days into its launch …
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