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Care Organisations Merge
The National Care Association (NCA) and Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA), have worked closely together over the past four...
May 11, 2023
Calls for Higher Wages
The Liberal Democrats are calling for a higher minimum wage for social care workers to help tackle staff shortages. Under the party's...
May 10, 2023
Assessments Begin
Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessments of local authority adult social services is to begin despite the process for doing so not...
May 9, 2023
Are you getting independent advice about care?
Because Care Aware does not have any links to Social Services or Government Departments, we are able to provide information and guidance...
May 4, 2023
Care Underfunding
Councils underfunded home care and older people’s care home services in England by just under £2.9bn in 2021-22, according to an analysis...
May 2, 2023
Fees on Hold
In our attempt to help our users combat the current cost of living crisis, membership fees at Care Aware will be maintained at their...
Apr 27, 2023
Inaccessible, Complicated and Stressful
The system for challenging councils on their adult social care decisions is failing those who need it, the Equality and Human Rights...
Apr 26, 2023
Quote of the Day
Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened Terry Pratchett
Apr 25, 2023
FNC Increase
NHS payments to care homes to fund nursing will rise by 5% for 2023-24, the Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed. Standard...
Apr 24, 2023
Hospital Discharge
All hospitals should have a procedure in place to help patients being discharged, to help with the transition from hospital to home, or...
Apr 20, 2023
People at the Heart of Care
People who receive care, staff and providers will benefit from a refreshed plan to bolster the adult social care workforce, speed up...
Apr 19, 2023
Ask our Adviser - What is a Top-up?
Each local authority has an amount which they will pay for a given care need. This might be an hourly rate for home care or a weekly fee...
Apr 19, 2023
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