Statistics? A common misconception about long term care is that it is just for the elderly.  Anyone of any age or occupation may need long term care at any time for any length of time. Two examples are the late actor Christopher Reeve who in 1995 at age 42 became paralyzed following an equestrian accident [...]

Care homes need to improve their approach to people with dementia, a report by a firm of health and social care analysts has concluded. Laing and Buisson found training was “fragmented and ad-hoc” with a third of homes failing to provide staff with specialist instruction. The survey of 6,000 UK care homes also questioned the [...]

247 Professional Health – the helping hand – Fact – 247 Professional Health is an energetic business offering experienced care support staff to nursing and residential homes, learning disability centres and private hospitals throughout the local area. The company, which Southport and Preston, has many years experience in the Healthcare Recruitment business.  With a 24hour, [...]

Nearly one quarter of people are failing to make financial provision for when they can no longer work, according to research by the Local Government Association published this week. A huge 93% of those in It Won’t Happen to Me Survey believed it was “likely” or “very likely” most people would require care in their [...]

Through specialist funding packages, we can access funding for CRB Disclosures and Healthcare specific training ! 247 Professional Health are now working alongside 3 separate organisations across Sefton, Merseyside and Greater Manchester, to assist healthcare professionals who are in receipt of benefits. With the difficult economic climate at our door, 247 Professional Health are looking [...]

Ministers have promised to transform residential and community care for people with dementia under the national dementia strategy for England, launched in February. The five-year-plan, backed by £150m for the first two years, aims to improve public and professional understanding of the illness. It includes key reforms for care homes, where two-thirds of all residents have [...]

A new Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) publication sets out four potential interim measures that could make the care system much fairer now, ahead of the government’s green paper on its long-term plans to reform the care funding system due out later this year.  Published today (4 March 2009), Options for care funding: What could be done now? outlines [...]