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Closomat commissions OT-led guidance document for single handed care

Bathrooms Best practice Equipment Solutions by Alex Douglas on October 1, 2019

In launching the document, Closomat outlined how it would be relevant in both domestic and residential care settings.

Council cuts to homecare funding are a mistake, says stairlift provider

Funding by Joe Peskett on September 11, 2019

Live-in homecare is a ‘real alternative’ to residential or nursing home care, Dolphin boss believes, in light of recent reports on funding shortfall

4,000 people die waiting for NHS Continuing Healthcare, MP finds

Funding by Joe Peskett on September 9, 2019

Continuing Healthcare fund provides care packages to elderly or disabled people with debilitating illnesses

Additional funding for care will ‘only plug a short-term gap’

Business by Andrew Seymour on September 6, 2019

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Councils will be able to access greater funds for social care but Age UK warns that it might not be enough

Leeds council approves ‘extra care’ apartments bristling with assistive tech

Construction Technology by Joe Peskett on August 12, 2019

63 apartments to be fitted out with latest assistive technology with building expected to be completed by 2021

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Care costs are too much for a third of over 50s, report finds

Funding Healthcare by Joe Peskett on June 26, 2019

Group calls on policymakers to come up with a funding solution to grant people better access to social care and equipment amid concerns reform is slow

Home care firm to open its first mobility shop

Distributors by Joe Peskett on March 15, 2019

Essex domiciliary care provider will retail mobility scooters and dementia aids from its new store to complement its existing service

Clinicians to receive compulsory learning disability and autism training

Education by Joe Peskett on February 13, 2019

Training to educate NHS and care staff on when people need more accessible information and when to make adjustments to improve support for people with learning disabilities

Positioning equipment improves quality of life in care homes, study shows

Case Studies Equipment Studies by Joe Peskett on November 14, 2018

Specialist products can make sleeping more comfortable and prevent pain in 40% of care home residents, according to new study

Number of elderly needing 24 hour care set to double

Research by Joe Peskett on September 4, 2018

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Number of 85s and over requiring round the clock care will grow to 446,000 by 2035

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