The number of older people aged over 100 years old has soared in England and Wales, official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show. In 1981, there were just 2,420 people aged 100 and over, but by 2012… read more »
The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, Sarah Rochira, yesterday released her report detailing the experience of older people in hospital in Wales saying she has seen evidence of improvements in care but more still needs to be done. Her report,… read more »
A free roadshow on urinary catheter infection prevention aimed at nurses, including those working in healthcare and social care settings, will take place in Cardiff on December 3. The event is being held as a result of a collaboration between… read more »
Local Health Boards across Wales are starting to take decisions on the Funded Nursing Care (FNC) rate with two Health Boards (Betsi Cadwaladr and Hywel Dda) meeting this week with the item on the agenda. CFW remains concerned about whether… read more »
The Wales Care Awards shortlist has been announced for 2013. There are a total of 15 awards categories and 47 nominees this year. Thanks to everyone who nominated someone for the awards and to our judges for the carrying out… read more »
We’ve been promoting the Welsh Governments ‘More Than Just Words’ (mwy na geiriau ) campaign to encourage the use of Welsh in care settings – and now we’d like to know how you are implementing the strategy, so we can… read more »
The Welsh Government’s Fire and Rescue Advisor and Inspector for Wales has urged social care providers to check their contingency plans and risk assessments ahead of next week’s planned firefighters strike. The Fire Brigades Union confirmed (September 17) that its… read more »
The British Association of Occupational Therapists and College of Occupational Therapists has launched a toolkit called Living Well in Care Homes designed for care home staff to help residents continue to enjoy activities that are important to them. Developed by… read more »
A report published today (September 12) by the auditor general for Wales, Huw Vaughan Thomas, says unscheduled (emergency) care services across Wales are deteriorating. The report highlights problems for NHS emergency care services including staff shortages, confusion over whether people… read more »
Dementia and geriatric medicine specialists writing in the British Medical Journal say that two thirds of over-80s could be diagnosed with dementia in future because doctors are subjecting older people to unnecessary tests and treatments. Writing in the BMJ, the… read more »