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»New guide aims to help care homes staff improve dementia care
A new guide to help care home workers and managers improve life for those with dementia has been issued by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement. It is the result of nine mon.. read more »
Practical guide for care home staff on how to help with hearing loss
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.. read more »
Means test winter fuel payments to fund elderly care call
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 .. read more »
Happy New Year - and a New Year's resolution
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 m.. read more »
A Christmas message from Mario Kreft
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.. read more »
Older People's Commissioner: we must change attitudes to whistleblowers
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 ca.. read more »
National Assembly committee issues report on residential care
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 incre.. read more »
Two months left to enter 2013 Social Care Accolades
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... read more »
Care home staff brave floods to ensure residents' safety
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 t.. read more »
New body to carry out criminal records checks from Dec 1
A new body which will oversee criminal records checks is being launched tomorrow. The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is being created following the merger of the Criminal Records Bureau (.. read more »
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