Fri.Nov 03, 2023

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Rising children’s social care costs deepening councils’ financial woes, finds study

Community Care

Rising children’s services demand and care placement costs are deepening English councils’ financial problems, a study issued this week has found. Despite authorities budgeting to spend 11% more in real terms on children’s social care in 2023-24 than 2022-23, they are on course for a significant overspend on their financial plans, said the County Councils Network (CCN).

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"Hear, hear!" for this year's 'Nursing in Social Care' award winners

Social Care

Suzanne Mumford (left) and Natalia Stan celebrate their team's thoroughly deserved recognition for a truly transformative project. Passion, motivation and the desire to do more We were delighted to win the Nursing Times Nursing in Social Care Award for a project we are both passionate about. This nurse-led research project, funded by care provider Care UK and The Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI) in collaboration with Tympa Health , researched ways to identify and treat hearing loss and reversible

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During Covid, callous Tories knew this about old people: they’re very expensive | Polly Toynbee

The Guardian

From pensions to health to social care, this government has done precious little to prepare for an ageing population Let “ the bodies pile high in their thousands ”, Boris Johnson supposedly said. Not once but often, the Covid inquiry has heard that he was for killing off elderly people, “ obsessed with older people accepting their fate ”. According to the invaluable diary of the chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, our prime minister was saying “ that’s nature’s way of dealing with o

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Can rights-based practitioner-research contribute to both civic inclusion and inform the social care evidence-base?

The Social Care Elf

The paper sets out and examines the impact of a local project called Promote the Vote running in West Yorkshire. The post Can rights-based practitioner-research contribute to both civic inclusion and inform the social care evidence-base? appeared first on National Elf Service.

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5 Must Haves for Case Management

Thousands of nonprofits rely on case management software to help collect data, manage programs, coordinate with agencies, and provide life-changing health and human services. Adopting a cloud-based case management platform is essential for nonprofits and government agencies to operate more efficiently and make better use of their funding and budget.

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COVID’s Lasting Effects on Palliative Care

CAPC

Now with an increased demand for palliative care, interdisciplinary teams require additional resources to keep up the momentum.

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Rhythms of Spiritual Care in Hospice

Hospice Chaplaincy

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CMS Finalizes the 2024 Physician Fee Schedule

CAPC

New codes may enhance revenue opportunities for primary and palliative care.

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