If you haven’t time to read them all, don’t miss the third!
£80 million to keep older people together in a home of their own
DH press release on a new £80 million grant to build extra care housing that would allow older people and those with long-term conditions to live in a home of their own. (Unlike the PTG, this is grant councils have to bid for.)
State of Adult Social Care Workforce Report: 2.5m staff needed by 2025
Analysis of the large and looming shortfall in available staff in relation to expected demand. Story from Community Care magazine.
Sunderland bucks the eligibility trend
A really interesting article from Community Care and one with big implications for the majority of councils which are busily tightening their eligibility criteria to the detriment of people who could benefit most from a preventative approach to telecare.