Hengoed Court Care Home in Swansea, a member of Care Forum Wales, has invested £25,000 in transforming two unused rooms into “high street style” gyms to promote wellbeing among residents and staff. The facilities are already a hit with the… read more »
The number of care home insolvencies in England and Wales increased by nearly a fifth in 2015 according to new research published today. As local authority spending cuts bite and the National Living Wage impacts on costs the pressure is mounting… read more »
The UK’s leading charity on brain injury rehabilitation is holding an inaugural free national forum for professionals working in brain injury. The free seminar is being held in Cardiff on April 22 to present the latest evidence and practice on Neurobehavioural Rehabilitation. Where and when is the… read more »
The PDF attached shows a table of care fees from 2015-2017 by local authority*. * No figures available for Carmarthenshire currently Download care fees PDF Care Fee Summary 2015-17 provisional April 2016.
A group called Re-Live is using the power of theatre to deliver innovative dementia training aimed at the social care workforce. The training is based around a bilingual play called Belonging / Perthyd which was written to reflect the real-life… read more »
A booklet published by Swansea University seeks to highlight the ‘magic moments’ that happen in care homes that very often go under the radar. All too often media publicity around care homes is negative and the project, from the School… read more »
Margaret Rooney of CSSIW updated CFW members at our Spring Essential Updates. You can download the full presentation from the document below. /uploads/CSSIW- RISC Act SRG Presentation.ppt
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has launched a consultation on standards for pharmacy professionals and it wants the views of the public and professionals working in social care. The consultation asks for feedback on nine core standards that all pharmacists,… read more »
The consultation on retaining the domiciliary care workforce in Wales closed on April 6. This is CFW’s response in full (below) as the main professional, representative organisation for the independent health and social care sector in Wales. CFW has more… read more »
The Welsh Government has said the Social Services and Well-being Act, which comes into force at midnight tonight, will bring a new fairer, stronger and more sustainable social services system to Wales according to the Welsh Government. Health Minister Mark… read more »