The decision to have a snap election has meant over a million potential voters with learning difficulties and Autism are at potential risk of being excluded from the voting process of the upcoming General Election on 8 June 2017. Due to the nature of a snap election, it is difficult for people with learning difficulties …
Major new research shows a 25% increase in those who will need care between 2015 and 2025. Over the next eight years, there will be 2.8 million people over 65 needing nursing and social care, unable to cope alone, says the research. This is largely because of the toll of dementia in a growing elderly …
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Theresa May had promised, in her manifesto, that older people will not receive a cap on their social care costs but those with as much as £100,00 in savings and assets will no longer be required to pay for their social care. As it stands, care home residents with savings and assets (including the value …
A recent investigation has shown that police recorded 1,200 assaults between residents living at care homes between 2014 and 2016, the BBC has found. More than one assault a day was reported in England and Wales, an investigation by File on 4 revealed. Professor Martin Green, chief executive of Care England, has said: – “That …
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The act of separating older couples by sending one to a care home has been called both ‘shocking’ and ‘inhumane’ by Sir James Mumby, the head of the family court. Whilst speaking to an audience of local authority adult social care directors, Sir Mumby said professionals should think carefully about recommending a person be separated …
In the November/December publication of Healthcare Business, I presented a legal perspective on CQC decision-making in respect of new CQC registrations in the Learning Disability sector. The article referred to what was then the awaited CQC consultation on changes to its policy statement Registering the Right Support, the original version of which was published in …
The STOMP pledge (Stopping the Over-Medication of People with a learning disability, autism or both) has been introduced in a drive to stop the over-reliance on antipsychotic and antidepressant medications to treat ‘problem’ behaviours. Care homes are being urged to sign the pledge and move to positive behavioural approaches, as an alternative to medication, ensuring …
An employment tribunal has ruled that care workers who sleep in at a service user’s home are now entitled to be paid the national minimum wage (NMW) for all hours worked, including the hours spent asleep. This decision will heavily impact on the social care sector, with wage costs likely to increase for many providers, …
The consultancy firm, FRP Advisory, have been reviewing numbers released at the end of April by the Government’s Insolvency Service. Analysts have found that the number of care home insolvencies have been steadily rising each year, with no less than 75 care home business failing last year and 421 having gone bust since 2010. Care …
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Last month, solicitor Laura Paton explored the importance of revalidation in the eyes of Care Quality Commission. In this article, Nicole Ridgwell considers how the process of revalidation translates into the care home environment Revalidation replaced the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) post-registration education and practice (Prep) requirements in April 2016 as the mandatory route …
Nursing and Residential Care – The revalidation process for nurses working in care homes Read More »
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