Vacancy rates have increased in the adult social care sector from 6.1% in April 2021 to 10.3% in April 2022, according to Skills for Care’s latest workforce tracking data. During the pandemic vacancy rates dropped with fewer jobs being available in other sectors and some care workers reporting they felt they had to help the…
Playtime in the garden: A new scheme to promote intergenerational interaction is being launched as part of a pioneering partnership between Hallmark Care Homes Foundation and the charity London Play. Hallmark’s newest care home, Midford Manor in Bath, will host what is hoped will be the first of many “play gardens”, offering spaces in which…
Dying people’s right to health care has been made explicit in law for the first time under new government plans for England. Alongside the government announcement, end of life charity Marie Curie released figures showing that around 215,000 people miss out on end-of-life care every year. Baroness Illora Finlay described the change in the law,…
Dementia Publishing (DP) is very pleased to announce that Hallmark Care Homes will be the Main Sponsor of the popular and much respected annual National Dementia Care Awards which is returning as a live event on the 29th September in the beautiful grounds of Winchester Cathedral after a postponement caused by the Covid pandemic. Chair…
An East Anglian study will look at whether NHS mental health Recovery Colleges can help support people living with dementia. There are already 85 Recovery Colleges across the country for people who use mental health services, but this will be the first opportunity to see whether they have a role in dementia care specifically. The…
Care employers are joining forces to provide employment opportunities and care support for refugees arriving from Ukraine. The National Care Forum (NCF) and Care Provider Alliance have assembled a range of partners across the public, not-for-profit and private sectors who are also looking at how they can help through the Homes for Ukrainians scheme. “Like…
A government-commissioned report on the state of the adult social care workforce in England has called for a higher minimum wage and further action to ease immigration requirements for workers coming from abroad. The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report – Adult social care and immigration – urges the government to invest an additional £2.1 billion…
A government policy of discharging older people from hospitals to care homes at the start of the Covid pandemic has been condemned in the High Court. In the scramble for hospital space, the government sought to free up 25,000 beds, a policy that involved discharging untested patients to care homes. Declaring the policy unlawful, the…
Imagine the future of our dementia care community We were delighted with the response at our Open Space event last week. Thank you to everyone involved. Our next one will be held on: Thursday 19 May 10am-12noon: An Open Space event convened by the Journal for Dementia Care/Dementia Publishing and facilitated by Ladder to the Moon/Vibrant…
A major new report outlines a plan to harness the power of music to transform health, wellbeing and communities, including care homes, people living with dementia and their carers. Music for Dementia and UK Music have joined forces to publish a new report which outlines a blueprint to use music to help improve the nation’s health and wellbeing….