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The  Sutton Guardian has an interesting story about a housing officer who was fired for helping an elderly woman with continence problems, despite her being a former nurse.

The housing association said her actions breached its procedures for dealing with the elderly and vulnerable.

Would you help someone like this if you had the training but it breached policy? Let us know in the comments.

A nurse caught sleeping during a night shift at a care home has been suspended for a year.

Carole Spencer was criticised for her actions by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, which could have had "serious consequences" for the elderly residents in her care.

However, as reported in the Daily Telegraph, Spencer consistently denied the allegations and failed to show any remorse.

She was caught out after a colleague at the Bessingby Hall Residential Nursing Home in Bridlington, East Yorkshire took photos of her and recorded her snoring. The NMC suspended her from the register for a year.  

Quick straw poll: Has the delivery of frontline adult social care services remained high on the agenda for your organisation, despite the economic crisis?

A large majority (84%) of social care workers and managers at the Transforming the Adult Social Care Workforce: Putting People First conference in London on Tuesday said yes.

Care minister Phil Hope has announced that the government will be appointing a national clinical lead for dementia.

Speaking at an event discussing the implementation of the government's dementia strategy as part of the NCAS conference in Harrogate this morning, Hope said the post would be advertised soon.

More details are to follow.

By Mithran Samuel

Interesting interview in The Herald with head of Scotland's care regulator, the Care Commission, Jacquie Roberts, in which she emphasises how how much adult care services will have to change to deal with the demographic changes of the coming decades, particularly in rolling back institutional care.

by Bronagh Miskelly

The detail of the Consrvative Party's policy on funding residential care for the elderly will require a lot of examination(although some comments are already emerging).

However, whatever the outcome of that investigation and whatever views experts offer, we must welcome the fact that the Tories have finally entered this key debate.