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Care workers go to Holyrood
CARE workers who support older people in Inverclyde were invited to the Scottish Parliament to brief MSPs about the current set-up for older people.
Elderly 'hit as social care cut'
Spending on social care for the elderly is falling this year - despite the assurances of ministers, an analysis by campaigners suggests.
Medicare and Long-Term Care
Estimates by experts are that at least 60% of all individuals will need extended help in one or more of the areas during their lifetime. This article reviews Medicare options for long-term care.
New care home brings 90 jobs
A £25m elderly care home will be built addressing the shortage of bed spaces and creating 90 new jobs.
Care home petition to go before council
A WEST Cumbrian group fighting to save a Workington care home will present a 6,000-signature petition to Cumbria County Council.
ABM maternity care assistants deliver excellent results
Seven health care support workers have become the first accredited Maternity Care Assistants (MCA) in ABM.They were awarded certificates of achievement for successfully completing core units of the Agored Cymru programme.
Teesside care worker who stole £9,500 avoids jail
A CARE supervisor who stole more than £9,500 from adults with learning difficulties and sank it into gambling has walked free from court.
Warning on social care funding fall
Spending on older people's social care in England has fallen by half a billion pounds, according to a new report.
£500m funding gap leaves elderly care in crisis
Elderly people could go without basic care because of a £500million funding crisis, a report warns today.
Elderly 'struggle to cope' through lack of care cash
Thousands of elderly people are struggling to cope with everyday tasks at home because a £500m funding shortfall has left them without the care they need, the charity Age UK warns.