Care news

• Social care plans to be announced by the end of 2021, Tories insist

  22-06-2021 19:40
  
  Plan under discussion is believed to be some version of proposal to cap total care costsMinisters have insisted proposals for social care will be announced by the end of the year, as Whitehall sources said they were concerned an aversion to conflict was delaying crucial difficult decisions.Though hopes have been raised of a settlement before the end of the summer, the chancellor Rishi Sunak has also stressed he believes the Treasury should be aiming to return to a more “business as usual&r
  
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• Former Headmistress Celebrates 100th Birthday at Wigan Care Home

  22-06-2021 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Dorothy Bastable has celebrated her milestone 100th birthday with the help of the dedicated care team at Ash Tree House care home in Wigan.  Dorothy, who is a former headmistress of Welling Central school in Kent, believes the secret to a long and happy life is to treat others as they treat you and always act with patience and kindness.Dorothy was born and raised in Wigan and has many fond memories of her time attending school as a child, with her favourite subjects being maths and English.
  
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• Live-in care agency shortlisted for national TV Award as awareness grows

  22-06-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Live-in care agency, Elder, has been shortlisted for a national television award, celebrating their latest emotive TV advert Humans Grow Roots Too.  The Thinkbox TV Planning Awards in conjunction with Campaign, recognise the effective use of TV advertising, celebrating the innovative planning and resulting business benefits.Elder’s advert, which first aired on Boxing Day 2020, and has since featured on screens throughout January and April 2021, has been nominated for Best Small Budget
  
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• What Brexit means for our valuable EU care workers- Letter to the Prime Minister

  22-06-2021 07:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In 2017 the UK Government decided that all EEA+ residents must apply to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) if they wished to continue living in their homes and working in the UK.The UK is in no position to do without willing EU care workers. This already fragile workforce will receive a further body blow when all EU nationals living in the UK must have applied for Settled or Pre-Settled status before the deadline of June 30th 2021, or are at risk of being deported.Throughout the
  
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• I do love getting older. Here are five infuriating reasons why

  22-06-2021 07:00
  
  A new scientific study has revealed what we all knew, deep down – you can’t stop the ageing process. But it does come with some serious benefits
  Apparently – brace yourselves – we can’t stop ageing. Time to pack up my crucible and robes and cancel my subscription to Practical Alchemy for Beginners. A newly published international study has concluded, in essence, that biological factors will continue to constrain our attempts to prolong life. “The trajectory to
  
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