There has been a huge increase in nominations for the Wales Care Awards this year with entries up 40 per cent on 2016. Mario Kreft said: “We have received entries from more than 68 different organisations, large and small. It… read more »
The long-running legal dispute between councils and health boards in Wales over who should pay for funded nursing care reaches the Supreme Court today (April 26). The NHS pays for people who need 24/7 nursing care, while those who do… read more »
Two serious fires at care homes have occurred in the last fortnight. The first in New Grange Residential Care Home in Cheshunt claimed the lives of two residents two weeks ago and the second in Standon House Care Home in Tamworth… read more »
A WELSH charity’s art for care homes programme is launching a new bi-lingual resource pack to help care home staff and residents to run creative activities workshops. Age Cymru’s cARTrefu project is sending a cARTrefu Activity Pack to every care home… read more »
Recent changes to the way residential social care is paid for will widen the £40m-a-year funding black hole, according to Care Forum Wales’ chairman Mario Kreft. Mr Kreft backs the Welsh Government’s decision to increased the capital limit used in… read more »
Changes allowing people to keep more of their savings when they move into residential care come into effect today (April 10, 2017). The limit will move from £25,000 to £30,000 as part of a Welsh Government plan to raise it in… read more »
One year after the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act came into force, minister for social services and public health Rebecca Evans has made a statement in the Senedd outlining the changes which have taken place. In the statement, the… read more »
The Welsh Government has issued new guides to best practice aimed at care providers – created with help from CFW’s Mary Wimbury, Brian West and Mike Kemp. The guides, which are available in both Welsh and English, contain helpful advice… read more »
A new organisation for social care in Wales has today (April 3, 2017) come into being. It combines the functions of the Care Council for Wales and the Social Services Improvement Agency and will regulate, support and develop the workforce,… read more »
Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford, pictured, has announced a further Welsh Government investment of £20m in social care for 2017-18. The extra funding is on top of the £25m for social care provided to local authorities through the Revenue Support Grant… read more »