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Read all the latest adult services stories as soon as they're published.en-gbReed Business Information, 2006Fri, 16 May 2008 14:27:00 GMT60http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108225/partnership-working-as-a-matter-of-life-or-death.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108225/partnership-working-as-a-matter-of-life-or-death.htmlNewsFollowing the death of Victoria Climbié in 2000, a series of reforms has taken place in children's services to promote more effective partnerships.Fri, 16 May 2008 14:27:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108207/solutions-to-adult-care-funding-crisis-mooted-in-cc-live-debate.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108207/solutions-to-adult-care-funding-crisis-mooted-in-cc-live-debate.htmlNewsCommunity Care Live speakers mooted a range of options to fill the £6bn long-term adult social care funding gap identified by the government, in a session yesterday.Fri, 16 May 2008 13:41:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108206/cc-live-government-must-do-more-to-safeguard-learning-disabled.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108206/cc-live-government-must-do-more-to-safeguard-learning-disabled.htmlNewsThe government and social care leaders must do more to tackle hate crime and abuse against people with learning disabilities, Community Care Live delegates were told yesterday.Fri, 16 May 2008 12:27:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108213/editorial-comments-labour-must-hold-fast-and-fund-better-adult-social-care.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108213/editorial-comments-labour-must-hold-fast-and-fund-better-adult-social-care.htmlNewsThis has been adult care's week in the sun. Fri, 16 May 2008 11:50:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/15/108192/cc-live-session-sparks-debate-over-merits-of-personalisation.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/15/108192/cc-live-session-sparks-debate-over-merits-of-personalisation.htmlNewsSocial workers were challenged to stop managing service users' live at Community Care Live yesterday, in a session which sparked a heated debate on the merits of the government's personalisation agenda for adult care.Thu, 15 May 2008 12:11:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/15/108216/jon-glasby-and-helen-dickinson-on-interagency-co-operation.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/15/108216/jon-glasby-and-helen-dickinson-on-interagency-co-operation.htmlNewsIn the first in a series of articles on partnership working, Jon Glasby and Helen Dickinson look at the value of interagency co-operation in the health and social care field to produce better outcomesThu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/14/108188/cc-live-ray-jones-issues-warning-over-personalisation.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/14/108188/cc-live-ray-jones-issues-warning-over-personalisation.htmlNewsFormer British Association of Social Workers chair Ray Jones has warned practitioners to beware the "pitfalls and potholes" of the personalisation of adult social care.Wed, 14 May 2008 16:46:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/14/108180/cc-live-directors-using-wider-powers-to-solve-eligibility-crisis.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/14/108180/cc-live-directors-using-wider-powers-to-solve-eligibility-crisis.htmlNewsDirectors of adult social services are increasingly using their extended powers over services such as leisure and culture to provide for people ineligible for care, a top Department of Health official said today.Wed, 14 May 2008 11:16:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/13/108176/harrow-council-ditches-plan-for-critical-adult-care-criteria.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/13/108176/harrow-council-ditches-plan-for-critical-adult-care-criteria.htmlNewsHarrow Council has dropped plans to restrict adult care services to those with "critical" needs, five months after losing a judicial review on the issue. Tue, 13 May 2008 16:14:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/13/108172/help-the-aged-renews-calls-to-outlaw-age-discrimination.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/13/108172/help-the-aged-renews-calls-to-outlaw-age-discrimination.htmlNewsHelp the Aged has renewed calls for ageism to be outlawed following new research showing that two-thirds of the UK population do not think the government is taking older people seriously.Tue, 13 May 2008 11:15:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/13/108168/ministers-may-look-at-social-care-insurance-as-costs-rise.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/13/108168/ministers-may-look-at-social-care-insurance-as-costs-rise.htmlNewsOther headlines in today's papers include:- Bar lesbians from IVF treatment in absence of father figure, say Tories; Carer who tried to kill husband spared jail; The multiple sclerosis sufferer who spent six years sleeping in a chair after 'health bosses banned nurses from lifting her in case they got injured'Tue, 13 May 2008 09:16:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/13/108167/news-round-up-ministers-may-look-at-social-care-insurance.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/13/108167/news-round-up-ministers-may-look-at-social-care-insurance.htmlNewsOther headlines in today's papers include:- Bar lesbians from IVF treatment in absence of father figure, say Tories; Carer who tried to kill husband spared jail; The multiple sclerosis sufferer who spent six years sleeping in a chair after 'health bosses banned nurses from lifting her in case they got injured'Tue, 13 May 2008 09:16:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/12/108164/gordon-brown-adult-social-care-funding-needs-fundamental-reform.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/12/108164/gordon-brown-adult-social-care-funding-needs-fundamental-reform.htmlNewsGordon Brown today admitted the current adult social care system needs "fundamental reform" as he launched the long-awaited consultation on future funding.Mon, 12 May 2008 15:27:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/08/108148/personalisation-and-self-directed-support-in-control-findings.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/08/108148/personalisation-and-self-directed-support-in-control-findings.htmlNewsIn Control service users have reported improved quality of life, writes Melanie Henwood, who goes on to question the confusing use of terminology in this field Thu, 08 May 2008 14:24:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/08/108142/ministers-pledge-77m-for-stroke-survivors.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/08/108142/ministers-pledge-77m-for-stroke-survivors.htmlNewsOther headlines in today's papers include: Man, 23, becomes 20th Bridgend suicide victim; Obesity increases the risk of dementiaThu, 08 May 2008 09:53:00 GMT