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DEMENTIA Timeout, the new Scotland-based social enterprise has been awarded £4,000 by the Millennium Awards Trust. The award is managed by Scot UnLtd, the charity that supports social entrepreneurs in turning their ideas into reality. Jennifer Roberts, co-founder of Dementia Timeout, said: ‘We are thrilled to receive this important financial support in Scotland. It is [...]

by Paul Roberts www. caringforyourbusiness.co.uk IS THIS the defining moment for social care reform? With up to half a million public sector workers facing redundancy, councils experiencing unprecedented cutbacks and Europe on the brink of financial meltdown, many would argue that this is a time for survival and consolidation, not radical change. Yet history tells [...]

By Paul Roberts www.caringforyourbusiness.co.uk AS I listened to George Osborne on Axe Wednesday I was reminded of the words of Oscar Wilde about the man who ‘knows the price of everything and the value of nothing’. Perhaps it is a trait of all Chancellors. Maybe they have to adopt a pugnacious approach to their role [...]

THE £2 billion ‘boost’ for adult care may not be enough to prevent up to 50,000 local authority care workers losing their jobs, the Government has been warned. There are growing fears that the money – unveiled in the Spending Review – is likely to be swallowed up by demands placed on local authorities to [...]

By Paul Roberts This article appears in the Journal of Care Services Management, of which Paul is joint editor Just how do we tackle the greatest health and social care challenge of the 21st century? More than 820,000 people in the UK have dementia and that number is expected to double in the next 20-25 [...]

By Paul Roberts www.caringforyourbusiness.co.uk One of the most memorable posters of the Second World War warned that ‘loose talk costs lives’. Sixty five years later a poster featuring Gordon Brown could well carry the words: ‘Loose talk loses elections’. One silly comment from the Prime Minister could well seal his – and Labour’s – fate [...]

Social Care Green Paper: a toothless tiger or key to the future? By Paul Roberts www.caringforyourbusiness.co.uk   Will a major new ‘blue-print’ for England’s care and support system be the key to the development of future services – or will it be a ‘toothless tiger’? The countdown has begun for the unveiling of the Government’s [...]

Swine flu: it’s time to rein in the doom-mongers By Paul Roberts www.caringforyourbusiness.co.uk   This is a great time for doom-mongers. The recession – the worst to hit Britain since the 1930s we are told – has provided enough bad news to depress even the greatest optimists in the past six months.   Now, according [...]