Latest news from the care industry

30/09/08 - Help the Aged and Age Concern boards give formal go-ahead to merger.

Help the Aged and Age Concern England look certain to form a single new charity in April 2009 after both charities' boards backed the measure.
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30/09/08 - Skills for Care, GSCC and Scie under scrutiny in government probe.

The Social Care Institute for Excellence, Skills for Care and the General Social Care Council have set out their stall for a future role after the government initiated a review of all three organisations.
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30/09/08 - Action on Elder Abuse says personalisation is used to cut costs.

Action on Elder Abuse chief executive Gary FitzGerald has accused the government of rushing personalisation reforms through to save money.
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23/06/08 - More help for people with dementia.

Health Minister Ivan Lewis today outlined proposals to improve the quality of dementia care and provide more help for people with dementia, as he launched a consultation on the first ever National Dementia Strategy.
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02/06/08 - Age Concern head says assessment guidance needs tightening.

The Department of Health must issue councils with stronger guidance on adult care assessments to ensure older couples are kept together.
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02/06/08 - Government under pressure to allow users to transfer care packages.

Disability and social care campaigner Jane Campbell is urging the government to allow disabled and older people to transfer their care packages when they move between council areas.
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02/06/08 - Cost of mental illness set to spiral.

The report came from think tank King's Fund who ran a year long study called Paying the Price. The study said that prevalence of most mental disorders is likely to remain stable over the next 20 years. However, the increasingly ageing population means dementia is expected to rise massively over the same period, up by almost two-thirds.
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02/06/08 - Government announces a National School for Social Care Research.

The Government's commitment to improve social care services will be given a boost with a new National Institute for Health Research School for Social Care Research, Care Services Minister Ivan Lewis announced.
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