Month : November 2013
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14 Nov, 13
In her first major announcement as the Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, this week Andrea Sutcliffe has outlined her priorities for transforming how the Care Quality Commission will monitor, inspect and regulate care homes and other adult social care services, with a greater focus on public involvement and improvement. This comes at a time when there is grave concern over the apparent lack of care being show within our Care Sector on a significant scale. Key proposals include awarding ratings to every care home and adult social care service by March 2016 to help people make informed decisions about their care and establishing expert inspection teams involving people who have experience of care services. The Chief Inspector’s plans and priorities
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12 Nov, 13
It has been widely reported in the press this week that 120 care providers are being investigated by HM Revenue and Customs for paying care staff below the minimum wage. Apparently, the care companies involved are blaming cuts in council funding for the decrease in their salaries. There are different methods used by the care providers to achieve not for the minimum wage such as not paying for travel time between care visits. It is alarming at a time so much attention has been given to the poor treatment of residents in some care homes by staff and the mistreatment and unacceptable behavior of some care-workers has been highlighted in the press in recent years through investigation. However, this investigation would now
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1 Nov, 13
Recently the government unveiled its plans for a £72,000 cap on elderly care costs from 2016. Apparently, according to government ministers the problems of huge bills for care, had been solved. But as politicians and campaigners begin to process the details it is becoming apparent that all is not quite as it seems, perhaps those claims were a little premature, inaccurate or simply put, wrong. One of the measures praised by ministers was the fact that the bill individuals received could be deferred by getting councils to pay for the care and then allowing them to recoup it from an individual's estate after their death. Under the new changes every council would have to offer this option, which had previously only been available
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