Media attention to an outbreak of a new strain of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus increases concern about a large-scale outbreak of influenza (‘flu) among humans. UKHCA has produced “Pandemic Influenza Guidance for Homecare Providers”, which is available without charge from our website. UKHCA‘s member organisations also benefit from a free telephone helpline on 020 8288 5291. We [...]

Seven of Liverpool’s leading charities have joined together to launch the 800 Group and have pledged to work together and to support other charities across the city. They are: Age Concern Liverpool, Bradbury Fields, Henshaws, Imagine, Merseyside Society for Deaf People, Nugent Care, and; PSS ~ innovation that changes lives Between them have a combined [...]

Please be careful because families of vulnerable elderly people are being misled over possible help with care home fees, says a charity. Age Concern & Help the Aged says that some people struggling to sell a home to pay fees are not being offered council no-interest schemes they are entitled to. About 60,000 people a [...]

Cake For Clumber Marie Alexander from ‘The Wedding Rooms’ Formby, very kindly asked Sue from ‘Cake Lovers’, also based in The Wedding Rooms, to design and make an Easter cake for the children of our very own Clumber Lodge. Marie and her husband used to live next door to Clumber and knew of the fantastic [...]

The Liverpool IDS Disco was set up by Specialist Support Worker Stephen Purcival and service users of the IDS project. The aim of the Disco is to provide paid employment to people with learning difficulties and a chance for them to socialize and have fun. The Disco started in September 2007 and has gone from [...]

Policy-makers, service providers and commissioners, charities and service users have been discussing the care of older people in Northern Ireland, at an event hosted by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). The event, called ‘Older people: choice and independence‘, was held in Belfast on 25 February, and was endorsed by 11 key organisations (see below) in [...]

Report on Jobs shows decline in salaries hitting new record as demand for staff weakens further The REC/KPMG monthly Report released on 4 March 2009 regarding Jobs highlights a further deterioration in labour market conditions, driven by sharply reduced demand for staff during February. “Labour market conditions continued to deteriorate  as the poor economic climate and [...]

Published today (4 March 2009), Options for care funding: What could be done now? outlines a range of costed reforms that could make a big difference very quickly, especially to older people. The interim solutions would alleviate some of the pressures on those struggling under he current system which has widely been acknowledged as being [...]