The legal row over care home fees in Devon rumbles on. To recap, a group of providers have taken the council to court twice over the way it set fees in the past year; each time, the council was challenged on three points of law, won on two and lost on one. In the latest [...]
I’ve just read through a fascinating report from consultancy iMPOWER entitled Home Truths: How dysfunctional relationships between GPs and adult social care staff are driving demand for adult social care. iMPOWER’s very strong view is that demand for adult social care is not the inevitable consequence of demographics but a product (at least in part) of [...]
Government plans to end time-limited home care slots are welcome so long as they are effectively enforced and a similar approach is taken to residential care, says Sheila Scott, chief executive of the National Care Association. It was certainly good news when the government announced in its plans in this summer’s social care White Paper [...]
I’ve been contacted via Twitter about Sharne the dog, the fine looking German Shepherd pictured above, whose owner has gone into residential care in the Leeds area. Unfortunately the care home aren’t able to take the dog and so a new adopter is needed before 3rd October or Sharne will be put to sleep. Apparently a local adopter [...]
That is the message from a recent report from consultants BCD Care Associates (sorry, meant to blog this when it came out but I got waylaid with other things).It is more grist to the mill of the debate around the quality of information and advice provided by councils to help people make decisions about their [...]
Among the cuts there is a little ray of sunshine. The Department of Health has decided to keep the capital limits for council help with residential care at current levels.The lower limit will remain at £14,250 and the upper limit will remain at £23,250.In a letter to councils the Department said: “The intention is to [...]
I really don’t expect anyone to read this but the Department of Health has announced some proposed changes to the way funding for a number of social care grants for councils are allocated: these are the Aids support grants, the preserved rights grants and a new learning disability commissioning transfer grant (I know, snappy!). I [...]
The Adult Care blog looks behind the policies, practices and personalities involved in the care of older and disabled people for any hidden truths, helpful tips or humour.
It is written by Community Care’s adults’ services beat editor Mithran Samuel.
Email: Mithran Samuel
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