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England football players experience dementia empathy suit
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Workforce ‘Together’, ‘I’ and ‘We’ Statements framework launched
The social care Workforce ‘Together’, ‘I’, and ‘We’ Statements framework has been launched, having been developed collaboratively by people drawing on care, caregivers and social care professionals. Entitled ‘Making it happen together: what good care and support look like’ the Workforce Statements framework includes co-produced statements that are written from three different perspectives: The Local…
Care England and Log my Care publish report on how families find and choose care
Care England has partnered with Log my Care to publish a new report entitled, ‘How families find and choose care’. The report includes data from a survey of 1,000 people responsible for arranging care for a family member within older people’s services, working age adult support or home care provision. Key findings include: Professor Martin…
Dual English/Welsh House of Memories app adds LGBTQ+ package
National Museums Liverpool has added to its House of Memories dual English/Welsh app with a new offering for the LGBTQ+ community. The new app package evokes memories of LGBTQ+ history and is available in both English and Welsh. The House of Memories team have worked with numerous museums to bring this package to life. It…
‘No choice but to care’ report launched
A new report has been published by the coalition of charities involved in Carers Week. ‘No choice but to care’, which includes data from YouGov polling, documents that many unpaid carers feel they have no choice about taking on an unpaid caring role due to a lack of alternative care options. It also looks at…