My Home Life Cymru and Action on Hearing Loss Cymru have launched new guidance on how care home managers and staff can help support older people who have hearing loss. More than 70 per cent of older people have some… read more »

A number of members have reported that CSSIW inspectors are asking them to renew CRB checks on care workers on a three-yearly basis, citing this as best practice. Care Forum Wales has now obtained clarification on this issue on members’… read more »

Former UK care services minister Paul Burstow has said that means testing the universal winter fuel benefit for pensioners could help fund care for older people in England. The proposal came in a report ‘Delivering Dilnot – paying for elderly… read more »

Here at Care Forum Wales we’d like to extend our best wishes to you for a Happy New Year in 2013. And if you’re in the mood to make a New Year’s resolution, why not become a Care Forum Wales… read more »

We end the year on a high note, with praise for our Academy of Care Practitioners initiative… more here. If you haven’t told your staff about it yet, get them on board and together we can work to give social… read more »

The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, Sarah Rochira, has published a report calling for a change in workplace attitudes to whistleblowers who raise concerns about poor health and social care practices. Her report, ‘Protection of older people in Wales: Raising… read more »

The National Assembly’s Health and Social Care Committee has issued a report today calling for a change in the way we care for older people – making their lives more stimulating and increasing their ability to lead independent lives. Committee… read more »

Praise for Academy of Care Practitioners initiative The National Assembly’s Health and Social Care Committee report on residential care today singled out a Care Forum Wales initiative, the Academy of Care Practitioners, for praise. The Academy of Care Practitioners aims… read more »

There are now just two months left to enter the Social Care Accolades 2013 which recognise best practice by those working in social care, social work and early years and childcare services in Wales. Led by the Care Council for… read more »

Staff from a North Wales care home braved floods to make sure residents were safe when the River Elwy burst its banks in St Asaph recently. The Old Deanery care home, which has 21 residents the oldest of whom is… read more »