The State of Social Care in England 2006-07

      The State of Social Care in England 2006-07, January 2008
The state of social care in England 2006-07
This third report from the Commission for Social Care Inspection
Inspection:
􀁕􀃊 Describes trends in the range, quality and availability of social care services in 2006-07 across public, voluntary and private sectors.
􀁕􀃊 Reports on what is happening to people seeking [...]

The Future for Care Funding

    The Future of Care Funding: Time for a change is the outcome of the nationwide Caring Choices: Who will pay for long-term care? initiative which aims to help shape future policy on long-term care for older people. It draws on the views of 700 people, carers and others in consultation, as well as a [...]

Dementia Toolkit from CSIP

   Strengthening the involvement of people with Dementia toolkit: A Resource for Implementation, from CSIP, Noember 2007        Supplementary Resource which includes ‘Talking Mats’, Learning Disabilities, Patients stories, Ideas and more
CSIP Website
Listen to us: Involving people with dementia in planning and developing services, 2005
Ivan Lewis earlier this year announced the development of a new National Dementia Strategy and [...]

Caring its not just for Christmas

  Care in a New Welfare Society: Unpaid care, welfare and employment by Sophie Mullins from the Think Tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) provides a policy framework for unpaid care in welfare and employment policy. It establishes a methodology to understand the value of care, and recognise the costs that caring involves. [...]