The Care and Social Services Inspectorate (CSSIW)’s chief inspector, Imelda Richardson, published her annual report 2010-2011 on February 20. The key findings from the report included: Local authorities and other social care services are increasingly working together across regional and… read more »
Workshops to explain new E.coli prevention rules An environmental health expert ran the first of two workshops yesterday in North Wales to explain new Food Standards Agency (FSA) procedures introduced in 2011 to prevent serious food poisoning outbreaks caused by bacteria including… read more »
Care Forum Wales’ dementia care advisor, Stephen Ford, has released a new guide to dementia care to help carers deal with difficult situations that sometimes arise when dealing with older people with dementia. He has called his guide ‘A CHAMPIONS’,… read more »
Read how The Guardian covered the Welsh Government’s proposal to introduce new legislation aimed at giving people greater control over care budgets here: http://bit.ly/yvLjuE
Recognising the importance of social care as a profession and promoting best practice among its workforce is the key to preventing elderly abuse, the senior policy adviser for Care Forum Wales has said. In a letter to the Western Mail, CFW’s… read more »
Care Forum Wales (CFW) has welcomed the Welsh Government’s social care bill as, "the most important change to social care in two generations". The bill, introduced by Deputy Minister for Children and Social Services Gwenda Thomas today, will now go… read more »
Rhian Huws Williams, the chief executive of the Care Council for Wales (CCW), has made achieving a higher level of professionalism in the social care sector in Wales top of her New Year’s resolutions list. In an article in the… read more »
The architect of last year’s report on proposed reforms to long-term elderly care, Andrew Dilnot, has said there is "a real chance" of winning cross-party support from Labour and the Coalition on improving the system, according to a Daily Telegraph… read more »
A landmark judgment in Cardiff’s High Court has been welcomed by owners of care homes and care providers across Wales. Mr Justice Beatson came down in favour of seven care home owners and against Pembrokeshire County Council in a High… read more »
Alheimer’s Society tips for helping dementia sufferers manage their finances Following its report on December 14 on how dementia sufferers are being targeted by unscrupulous con artists and sales people http://alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/press_article.php?pressReleaseID=742, the Society has come up a series of tips… read more »