Category 'Support for Adult Caregiving'

Right at Home supports Dementia Awareness Week 2012 - Remember the person

Right at Home UK is proud to support this year's Dementia Awareness Week campaign, Remember the person. The event will take place in England, Northern Ireland and Wales from 20-26 May, and aims to improve people's understanding of the disease and encourage them to 'remember the person' behind the d...

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Carers Trust supports Carers Week 2012

Carers Week 2012 will highlight the vitally important caring role played by unpaid friends and family members. The event kicks off on Monday, June 18, and will be marked by events and a nationwide information campaign.  One of the national partners in the event is the Carers Trust, which...

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When it comes to 'Delivering Dignity' - Right at Home is ahead of the game

The Delivering Dignity report – aimed at ensuring dignified care for people in hospitals and care homes – serves to underline how Right at Home UK is already delivering ‘best practice’ to its clients. The report includes key recommendations for care homes to adhere to – and each point that is applicable to home care is already enshrined in our highly ethical, person-centred approach to care.

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When it comes to 'Delivering Dignity' - Right at Home is ahead of the game

The Delivering Dignity report – aimed at ensuring dignified care for people in hospitals and care homes – serves to underline how Right at Home UK is already delivering ‘best practice’ to its clients. The report includes key recommendations for care homes to adhere to – and each point that is applicable to home care is already enshrined in our highly ethical, person-centred approach to care.

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Right at Home supports Carers' Week 2012

THIS year's Carers' Week event will take place from June 18-24th, with a packed itinerary of events aimed at raising awareness of the issues that arise from having the responsibility of caring for someone. The theme will be In Sickness And In Health, with an awareness campaign asking how much the c...

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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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Five steps to securing your future

AGE UK has issued a 5-point piece of guidance to help those facing care costs to plan for a secure future: Don't panic and make a decision that could end up being costly. Get some advice on all your options from an independent financial adviser. Are you definitely getting everything you are enti...

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