Archive for April, 2009

2009 events diary for home care businesses
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Welcome to our 2009 events diary – a new information service for home care businesses offered by Caringforyourbusiness.co.uk
This page will be regularly updated to keep you informed of key conferences, exhibitions and other events happening in the UK.
May 2009
May 6
UKHCA’s 20th Anniversary Scotland Conference
Best Western Edinburgh Capital Hotel, [...]

A dose of Budget reality for homecare
By Paul Roberts
www.caringforyourbusiness.co.uk
Will homecare benefit from the 2009 Budget? The answer is yes…and no.
Alistair Darling’s announcement of funding for 50,000 apprenticeships in the care sector appears to be a positive move.
However, rising fuel costs could cripple many homecare providers.
And there are fears that homecare will fall victim [...]

Hate email disgrace after Panorama homecare investigation
By Paul Roberts
www.caringforyourbusiness.co.uk
The ‘fall-out’ from the Panorama special on ‘Britain’s Homecare Scandal’ is taking its toll on well-run businesses that are the back-bone of our caring industry.
After the programme was broadcast on April 10, I feared there would be a backlash against firms who are providing an excellent service [...]

Here’s your chance Mr Chancellor to make social care a priority in 2009 Budget
By Paul Roberts
www.caringforyourbusiness.co.uk
 
When Chancellor Alistair Darling rises in the Commons at 12.30pm on Wednesday April 22 to unveil the 2009 Budget, how many times will he mention social care?
Once?  Twice, perhaps? Or is that too much to hope for? The Telegraph has [...]

Home care agency improved mum’s life
By Paul Roberts
www.caringforyourbusiness.co.uk
 
A leading Department of Health official has praised the home care industry – for improving the life of his elderly mother.
The official told a recent conference in York how his mother had spoken to many professionals about plans for her care.
But a home care agency discovered the one [...]

Pilot projects pave the way to future healthcare needs
By Paul Roberts
www.caringforyourbusiness.co.uk
April 14, 2009
 
All eyes will soon be on the progress of 16 innovative projects aimed at delivering community health care to meet the needs of local populations.
Sixteen primary trusts across England have been selected by the Department of Health to host an ‘Integrated Care Pilot’.
The [...]

The real scandal of Panorama’s home care investigation
By Paul Roberts
www.caringforyourbusiness.co.uk
Panorama’s special on ‘Britain’s Homecare Scandal’ (BBC1 April 10 2009) was hardly a shining example of investigative journalism.
The undercover reporters took the easy route to producing a ‘shock-horror’ condemnation of the failings in home care.
The biggest scandal is how Panorama failed to get to the root [...]

Well done Panorama, on an excellent misrepresentation of homecare
By Jennifer Roberts
www.caringforyourbusiness.co.uk
 
The Panorama special (‘Britain’s Homecare Scandal’, April 9 2009) said it was ‘going undercover’ to learn more about the state of homecare in Britain. As a nurse with over 20 years’ experience in the homecare field, I eagerly awaited the programme.
 
In my naivety, I [...]

Will home care get a fair deal from the CQC?
By Paul Roberts
www.caringforyourbusiness.co.uk
 
Will the newly-launched Care Quality Commission have the resources and inspectors to effectively regulate health and adult social care?
That’s the big question being asked in home care circles this week – and there are strong fears that home care will be the ‘poor relation’.
There [...]

2009 will be remembered as the year when most of us become aware of dementia – and the vast numbers who are and will be affected by it.