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Community Care
DECEMBER 14, 2022
The minimum price commissioners should pay home care providers will rise by 11.8% Vacancies across adult social care rose by more than half (52%) in the year to March 2022. Pay care staff ‘much more than national living wage’ – .
Health & Social Care Workforce
AUGUST 4, 2021
Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green, NIHR ARC South London Post-Doctoral Fellow at the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce, introduces a new report on the promotion of the health of women working in home care, which … Continue reading → Home care Women Workforce Caroline Green
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The Guardian
APRIL 19, 2022
The federal government last year pledged $6.5bn to fund an extra 80,000 home care packages to alleviate the huge unmet demand from Australia’s ageing population, after the royal commission warned of “unacceptable” delays.
The Guardian
APRIL 21, 2022
While deaths not linked to delays, wait times for home care on the National Priority Scheme remain high, despite recent improvements Get our free news app ; get our morning email briefing More than 50,000 older Australians have died while on the waiting list for home care in recent years, data which Labor says shows the system is still in crisis. Australia news Aged care Social care Australian politics
The Guardian
JUNE 29, 2022
Companies say price hikes are necessary to offset costs of attracting and retaining workers, but charity contends some fee increases are ‘not reasonable’ Get our free news app , morning email briefing and daily news podcast The aged care sector is warning almost half of the nation’s home care providers will be increasing fees by up to 20% after a new two-hour minimum shift for carers comes into force on Friday, prompting complaints from older Australians and advocates.
The Guardian
DECEMBER 30, 2021
Readers respond to an article by Simon Hattenstone about finding the right care arrangements for his 93-year-old mother Simon Hattenstone’s article ( I didn’t want anyone else to look after Mum – until I realised what she wanted, 27 December ) almost exactly mirrors my mother’s story. There she received the most amazing care with the doctors, nurses and auxiliary staff all meeting my expectations of the amazing NHS at its very best, even during these trying times.
The Social Care Elf
NOVEMBER 15, 2020
Jill Manthorpe discusses a qualitative study which examines the experiences of frontline workers in care homes and home care. The post Telling the tale: working in social care during the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 appeared first on National Elf Service.
The Social Care Elf
JUNE 6, 2021
COVID-19 has brought unprecedented challenges across all levels of society, but older people have undoubtedly been at the highest risk from this disease, particularly those living in long-term care facilities.
The Social Care Elf
OCTOBER 25, 2020
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Relias
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
Many post-acute care agencies continue to use outdated paper-based evaluation processes, which are difficult to track and prone to errors. With the right tools, you can streamline the process, minimize errors, and provide quality care to your patients and residents.
Relias
OCTOBER 28, 2022
A well-designed care coordination process benefits patients, providers, and payer organizations. Improved care quality and patient safety, reduced readmissions and ER visits, and lower healthcare costs are just some of the positive outcomes of effective care coordination.
Relias
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
With the successes reaped during the pilot of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) program, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) aims to accelerate the results nationwide. TNC measures include the following: TNC Self-Care.
Relias
DECEMBER 13, 2021
The increased pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic has presented never-before-seen growth opportunities for home health agencies and their workforce, as Bill Dombi, President of the National Association of Home Care and Hospice (NAHC), noted in a December 2021 webinar titled The State of Home Health.
Relias
JULY 12, 2022
The speed of change in healthcare requires post-acute care organizations to take a different approach to job preparedness. Instead, forward-thinking executives are building work cultures that embrace post-acute care reskilling and upskilling to maximize adaptability.
Community Care
JANUARY 8, 2023
The government will give the NHS an extra £200m to buy short-term care placements to help relieve the pressures on its beleaguered emergency care system. Barclay – NHS under ‘enormous pressures’ Health and social care secretary Steve Barclay (credit: HM Government).
Community Care
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
Staff shortages are driving a “rapidly deteriorating situation” for people needing care and their carers, directors warned today. ADASS urges £1,000 winter bonus for care staff in England to stem workforce pressures. across adult social care in October 2021, from 6.2%
The Guardian
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Exclusive: almost one in four people unable to be discharged were waiting for home care, data reveals A “perilous” shortage of homecare workers is the biggest reason thousands of people are languishing longer in hospital than needed, driving up waiting lists and making people sicker, figures reveal.
Community Care
MAY 13, 2022
The figure, dating from the end of February, is six times that recorded in September last year, and comes with most directors reporting they have had to prioritise assessments for cases of suspected abuse or neglect, hospital discharge or reablement following a temporary residential care stay.
Community Care
JANUARY 16, 2023
Less than one in five adult social care staff have been vaccinated against flu or received their autumn booster jab for Covid-19, according to government figures. of staff in older adult care homes had received an autumn booster for Covid and 13.8%
Community Care
JANUARY 10, 2023
Councils’ Care Act 2014 duties have arguably been “permanently undermined” by widespread non-compliance during the pandemic, a study has found. Failed’ Care Act 2014 must be properly implemented in shift to ‘enabling’ adults’ services, say peers.
The Guardian
JANUARY 15, 2022
Home care is provided to elderly or disabled adults in their home to help with essential tasks, such as cooking and personal care. Social care Society Ageing Health UK news
Community Care
JANUARY 9, 2023
Government plans for the NHS to discharge people from hospitals to care homes risk inappropriate placements and neglect the root causes of the acute pressures on the health service. “Most people want to be discharged from hospital back home.
The Guardian
JANUARY 30, 2023
Staff filed records claiming far more care was given, evidence suggests A dementia home care agency spent as little as three and a half minutes on taxpayer-funded care visits and filed records claiming far more care was given, according to evidence seen by the Guardian. The hasty care was exposed by Susan Beswick’s family, who called it “totally inadequate”. Social care Dementia Older people UK news
Community Care
JANUARY 30, 2023
Four in ten people whose discharge from hospital is delayed are awaiting a social care package, according to NHS data. Statistics breaking down how far delays were attributable to social care, NHS or both services stopped being collected in 2020 because of the pandemic.
The Guardian
DECEMBER 24, 2021
Immigration rules will be relaxed for care workers, care assistants and home care workers, who will be added to the Home Office’s shortage occupation list. Social care Immigration and asylum Coronavirus Society
The Guardian
NOVEMBER 28, 2021
‘Red lights are flashing’ warns care boss, in advance of the government’s social care white paper Social care services across England are “rapidly deteriorating”, with waiting lists soaring and councils struggling with care home closures, social services chiefs have warned.
The Guardian
APRIL 14, 2022
Australia’s home aged care providers facing ‘abysmal’ turnover rates as rising stress and poor pay take their toll Get our free news app ; get our morning email briefing The nation’s largest home care provider says its aged care workers are at “breaking point” and are only receiving a fraction of the Coalition’s promised $800 bonus due to flaws with the scheme’s design. Aged care Australian politics Australia news Coronavirus Social care
Community Care
JULY 1, 2022
They are also also less involved in their loved-ones’ care, less satisfied with the services they receive and less socially connected, found NHS Digital’s 2021-22 study into the lives of unpaid carers, a regular survey last carried out in 2018-19. Lack of home care to meet demand.
The Guardian
MARCH 13, 2022
Indigenous children make up 41% of all kids in out-of-home care in NSW, while changes recommended three years ago have been ignored Get our free news app ; get our morning email briefing When Lizzie Jarrett was 12 years old, she walked into her grandmother’s home and met a man she didn’t recognise.
Community Care
JANUARY 5, 2023
Social care leaders from across local and central government and provider bodies have been recognised in the New Year Honours as the sector battles one of the toughest winters in many years. All four were honoured for services to social care.
Community Care
APRIL 8, 2022
The staff vacancy rate across adult social care services in England hit 10% last month, show figures released today. of posts were vacant, according to Skills for Care’s adult social care workforce data set. and care workers 12.2%.
Community Care
DECEMBER 10, 2021
The government has given the adult social care workforce a £300m boost through the winter which providers can use to increase staffing numbers or pay. Latest Skills for Care figures show average vacancies – among providers who have submitted data – rose from 8.9%
The Guardian
MARCH 4, 2022
Anas Sarwar believes totally integrating social and health care is essential to NHS reform Anas Sarwar , the Scottish Labour leader, has pledged to spend nearly £1bn to provide free residential care for all elderly people and free home care in a bid to address Labour’s slump in support.
The Guardian
JUNE 15, 2022
The shortage of care workers means hospitals are unable to discharge a number of patients who need care in the community, intensifying pressure on the NHS. Social care
Community Care
OCTOBER 21, 2022
The government must fund better pay and training for adult social care staff to tackle a deepening workforce crisis that is undermining the quality of services. There is no fat left to trim’: social care leaders warn Jeremy Hunt against further rounds of cuts.
Community Care
DECEMBER 19, 2022
An increase in adult social care funding next year should deliver “tangible improvements” to services, the government told councils today. It includes: £1.345bn for the existing social care grant, which can be spent on adults’ or children’s services.
Community Care
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
Councils will be able to deliver an extra 200,000 care packages over the next two years through what chancell0r Jeremy Hunt described as the “biggest increase in funding” adult social care sector had received in its history. ‘Disappointing’ delay to care cap.
Community Care
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
The NHS will be given the majority of a £500m fund for adult social care, designed to speed up hospital discharge and bolster the care workforce. In 2021-22, the number of vacancies across adult social care rose by 55,000 (52%), while the number of filled posts fell by 50,000.
Social Care
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Care colleagues have already demonstrated tireless commitment to the principals of IPC every day. Social care colleagues have already demonstrated tireless commitment to the principals of IPC every day. They will lead infection prevention and control in their specific areas or homes.
Community Care
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
“Things have never been so bad,” for people needing care, carers and staff, the president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services has warned. million hours of home care [that] couldn’t be delivered in the first quarter of this year.
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