Category 'Fall Prevention'

Care review opportunity 'must not be wasted' urge Age UK

THE charity Age UK has urged senior politicians not to waste the opportunity to reform the Social Services care sector. Cross-party talks aimed at improving Government-funded care and support for the elderly and disabled in England are due to begin again, with Health Secretary Andrew Lansley a...

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Make care reform top priority for 2012, sector leaders urge Government

HEADS of the UKs most powerful charities, campaign groups and trades unions have joined forces to urge the Government to make reforming the UK care system its top priority for 2012. In a letter to the Daily Telegraph published this week, the consortium say our elderly population is b...

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Response to media coverage of home care services

FOLLOWING alarming media reports of poor quality home care this week, Right at Home would like to assure readers that the problems highlighted are negated the moment a Right at Home care contract is signed. Providers who deliver care on behalf of local authorities are currently facing horrendous b...

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Right at Home welcomes CQC crackdown on poor home care

AT Right at Home we know the care we offer is second to none - however we also know that elsewhere, others have fallen distressingly far of the mark. That is why we welcome the news that the CQC (Care Quality Commission) is to start inspecting home care agencies at work behind closed doors in ...

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Could NASA Research Lower Senior Fall Risk?

Astronaut training offers clues to senior balance problems. For more information, be sure to read From Zero Gravity to Zero Falls in our latest edition of the Caring Right at Home eNewsletter.

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