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Improving access to social care for adults with autism
New support from the Social Care Institute for Excellence
02 February 2012
Christmas doesn't have to be the loneliest time of the year
At a time when most of us are frantically looking for last-minute presents or trying to find a turkey, it can be easy to forget there are people for whom Christmas can be a very lonely, upsetting time.
20 December 2011
Your guide to: meeting minimum standards set by the CQC
Experts decode what the Care Quality Commission's 275-page document on meeting new standards means for residential and domiciliary care providers and adult placements
21 January 2011
JRF pilots equity release scheme for cash poor homeowners
Older homeowners on benefits have long shunned equity release schemes but a project is helping them tap their housing wealth to boost their independence, writes Jeremy Dunning
28 January 2010
Reablement delivers better outcomes and savings
Reablement services save councils money by helping service users regain independence. But, as public finances tighten, will authorities be able to find the investment required to make them work? Natalie Valios reports
28 May 2010
How to use the law to fight social care spending cuts
With more than 150,000 local authority jobs under threat, and councils proposing to cut services due to funding pressures, social care staff and service users are increasingly concerned about their prospects. But there may be ways in which they can use the law to challenge and overturn councils' decisions.
16 February 2011
The future of employment support for people with disabilities
Employment support for people with learning disabilities and mental health issues is at a crossroads finds Mithran Samuel
20 August 2010
Care funding commission chair denies government pressure
The chair of the commission on the funding of long-term care, Andrew Dilnot, tells Jeremy Dunning that the government has not pressurised him to deliver the most politically convenient outcome
20 August 2010
The blogger who is charting his life with Alzheimer's
Norman McNamara has made the brave decision to keep on blogging about his Alzheimer's, and how he copes with it, for as long as he is capable of doing so. Natalie Valios reports
03 August 2010
Service users, personal budgets and Amsterdam
Does the spirit of personalisation extend to councils allowing people to spend direct payments on sexual services? Vern Pitt examines a debate that has divided social workers
10 August 2010
Joint working between health and social care in Herefordshire
Councils would be wise to look west when they draw up their plans to integrate health and social care services. As Jeremy Dunning reports, Herefordshire is already ahead of the game
10 August 2010
Still nothing to fear?
Disability minister Maria Miller tells Vern Pitt disabled people are a coalition priority despite astring of benefit cuts
23 July 2010
New guidance on mental health and homelessness
Homelessness services need to develop more understanding of the emotional needs that underlie clients' chaotic lives, writes Robin Johnson, author of new guidance on the issue
06 August 2010
Allowing user-led groups to flourish
User-led organisations can promote choice and control and provide a vital link between commissioners and the community. But they must be supported to develop, as the Social Care Institute for Excellence explains
05 August 2010
Comedian confronts his mental illness
Edinburgh Fringe goers will be confronted by the realities of mental illness in Mackenzie Taylor's show. Mark Drinkwater talks to him about finding comedy in a failed suicide attempt
03 August 2010
Councils weigh up future of in-house adult care services
Cost-cutting and personalisation are forcing councils to rethink their adult care services provision which could see social care staff working in new organisations. Jeremy Dunning looks at the options
27 July 2010
Risk factor: Establishing a mental health diagnosis
Establishing an accurate mental health diagnosis is important for people experiencing psychotic symptoms because early treatment has been shown to dramatically improve the long-term prognosis of the condition, writes Mark Drinkwater.
16 June 2010
Outsourcing adult care: For and against
Southern Cross Healthcare's Jamie Buchan and Unison's Helga Pile explain their opposing views on outsourcing adult social care
27 July 2010
Essex Cares combines private and public sector know-how
Essex Council is combining public and private sector expertise to deliver services through a local authority trading company. Mark Hunter reports on the "third way" model of care
27 July 2010
Research Realities: Self-directed care, personalisation and people with profound and multiple disabilites
There are 16,000 adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities in England. Melanie Henwood finds there is still a long way to go before their needs are fully met, although self-directed support points the way forward
19 May 2010
