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Adult care system still baffling the public
Widespread public confusion remains over how the adult care system works, two years after councils in England were set personalisation targets to improve information and advice for citizens, research ...
Disabled man who died at Dignitas known to social workers
Social workers and other professionals met to discuss the safeguarding of a man who seven months later took his own life at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland, it has emerged....
Burstow to put mental health on par with physical health
Care services minister Paul Burstow (pictured) has vowed to put mental health care on a par with treating physical illness as he outlined plans for a new mental health strategy today....
Council to cut £8m from social care budget
Funding for social care services at Edinburgh Council will be cut by nearly £8m over the next three years....
Providers 'disregarding rights of supported living tenants'
Supported housing providers are failing to respect the tenancy rights of learning disabled people, government-commissioned research has found. Picture: Rex Features...
Care services minister outlines revised mental health strategy
Care services minister Paul Burstow (pictured) writes exclusively for Community Care on the link between poor mental health and deprivation....
A watchful eye on malnutrition
Older people with social care support often need help to eat healthily. But is this best achieved by providing them with good advice and personal budgets or nutritious food, asks Vern Pitt...
Research into the use of direct payments by people with dementia
Research institute director Alison Petch reviews findings from Scotland on the use of direct payments by people with dementia...
Councils seek to abolish maximum care charges
Two councils are among the latest authorities to issue proposals to raise charges for adult care users, as a wave of belt-tightening measures sweep authorities across England....
Do you need to be a qualifed social worker to be a good social work manager?
Hilton Dawson and Blair McPherson debate management qualifications in social work...
'Masterchef': Interview with Craig Dewhurst, care cook of the year 2010
Cooking tasty, nutritious meals to a tight budget for older people in a care home is a challenge Craig Dewhurst relishes. Natalie Valios spoke to the award-winning chef...
Cafe Society serves up jobs
Two self-financing cafés in London are raising horizons for people with learning disabilities, reports Andrew Mickel...
Adult placement schemes hit by council cuts
Adult placement services are facing cuts with some councils freezing new placements and the recruitment of carers....
Older and disabled people face wave of care charge rises
Steep rises in charges for non-residential care at three councils is sparking fears that a wave of increases could endanger access to care for older and disabled adults. Picture: Rex Features...
Wide variation in end-of-life care investment
Investment in end-of-life care depends on the area where the service user lives, the latest Department of Health figures show....
