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Minimum price of home care to rise by 12% next year, says provider body

Community Care

The minimum price commissioners should pay home care providers will rise by 11.8% next year due to increases in the national living wage and the impact of inflation on services’ costs. That was the message from the Homecare Association as it announced that the minimum for 2023-24 would be £25.95 , up from £23.20

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Home care packages delayed as staff shortages ravage aged care sector

The Guardian

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. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading.

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More than 50,000 older Australians died while waiting for approved home care since 2017, data shows

The Guardian

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.

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Almost half of home care providers across Australia to increase fees after new rules on carer pay

The Guardian

Home care helps more than 200,000 older Australians stay at home, playing a critical role in relieving pressure on Australia’s residential aged care system and ensuring independence for the nation’s ageing population.

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Promoting the Health of Women Working in Home Care: towards an inclusive Women’s Health Strategy

Health & Social Care Workforce

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 →

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Councils underfunded adult care services by at least £2.9bn in 2021-22, provider analysis suggests

Community Care

Councils underfunded home care and older people’s care home services in England by just under £2.9bn in 2021-22, according to an analysis by provider bodies. Sustainability plans due The next stage of the fair cost process is for councils to publish market sustainability plans by 27 March 2023.

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Less than one in five care staff vaccinated against flu or boosted against Covid, figures reveal

Community Care

The vacancy rate for adult care staff in England climbed from 7% to 10.7% in October 2022, according to Skills for Care data from a selection of providers. The situation is particularly bad in home care, where 14.1% of care home and home care staff, in the week up to 14 December 2022.

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