The organisers of the My Home Life Cymru scheme in Wales are calling on members of the public and social care staff to nominate care homes which they believe work to enrich the lives of their residents. Nominations must be… read more »
George Osborne has announced in his autumn statement that old or sick people who employ carers to look after them will be able to access a Government allowance that eases the burden of national insurance costs for them as ‘small… read more »
Praise for menu-planning website A new menu-planning website has been launched to help nursing and residential care providers improve the quality and nutritional value of meals they provide – and to ensure they meet or exceed required standards. The initiative… read more »
Care homes have been warned to check their window restrictor fittings after a care home was fined for failing to ensure an elderly resident’s safety. The 92-year-old died after she managed to overcome a restrictor device to open a window… read more »
New All Wales guidance has been issued on the reporting and investigation of pressure sores, a painful and debilitating condition that affects up to 20 per cent of acute patients in England and Wales every year. If left untreated pressure… read more »
Health and social services minister Mark Drakeford has paid tribute to the hard work done by Wales’ 370,000 carers on Carers’ Rights day today [November 28]. An estimated 370,000 carers in Wales, 90,000 of them looking after friends or family… read more »
The Disclosure and Barring Service has issued a reminder that old application forms are no longer valid from today (December 1, 2014). The DBS has been sending out copies of the new Disclosure Application Form (with the F01 number at… read more »
NHS workers in Wales learned yesterday, November 20, that their unions have accepted a Wales-only pay deal negotiated with the Welsh Government. It’s the first time that NHS staff in Wales have had a separate pay deal from their English… read more »
The report by the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales following her Residential Care Review, A Place To Call Home?, was published today (November 10) saying that many older people have a poor quality of life in Wales’s care homes and… read more »
Care home bosses back calls for urgent reforms Care home bosses in Wales have backed a call for urgent reforms of the way services are commissioned and paid for. A review into the quality of life and care of older… read more »