The combination of cold weather and loneliness could be lethal in the coming months, England’s most senior nurse is warning. Prof Jane Cummings, NHS England’s chief nursing officer, said cases of strokes and heart attacks tended to rise...
Care homes: Public ‘pay unfair fees to plug £1bn shortfall’
Care homes have been applying unfair charges and over-the-top fees for self-funders, an official review shows. The Competition and Market Authority found some homes had applied large upfront costs and charged families for weeks after their relatives...
Green paper on older people’s social care to be published by summer 2018
The government will publish a green paper on social care for older people by summer 2018, it announced today. In advance of the paper it has invited a number of people to provide advice, including representatives from social care and health...
Charities can be a lifeline for older people as statutory services suffer
Over the past 20 years, government and media attention has increasingly been drawn to the rising numbers of elderly people in our society and the consequent spiralling costs of health and social care for this section of the population. At the same...
UK pensions among the worst in the developed world, study finds
British workers can expect among the worst pensions in the developed world, according to a report from investment bank UBS, which compared the retirement outlook for a 50-year-old woman in major cities across the globe. UBS calculated how much a...
What research tell us about social work’s role in tackling loneliness
There is a growing evidence base around the challenges associated with loneliness and social isolation, and the role social workers have to play in tackling these issues. Loneliness is defined as a subjective feeling of lacking social connection...
