Carer rapped for keeping quiet about almost £10,000 wage overpayment
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA carer who was overpaid by almost £10,000 has been rapped for failing to report the mistake to bosses. Read More
Right to unpaid care leave set to become law to help millions of people
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA move to enable unpaid carers to take leave from their day jobs to help dependents is set to become law after…
Value of unpaid carers in England and Wales equal to NHS multi billion-pound budget
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe value of unpaid care in England and Wales is almost equivalent to a second NHS, according to a new research estimate….
Florida nurse accused of swindling Alzheimer's patient out of over $7,000 to pay for plastic surgery - including a Brazilian butt lift - is arrested after turning up at 88-year-old's home
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Florida nurse has been accused of stealing the identity of an 88-year-old Alzheimer’s patient to pay for over $7,000 of plastic surgery. Read More
Social care workforce funding halved for England, government confirms
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFunding promised to develop the social care workforce in England has been halved, the government has confirmed. Read More
Care home costs soar to £46,000 per year thanks to higher energy bills and food costs
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCare home costs are soaring due to higher energy bills, food costs and staff salaries, research has revealed. Read More
Hunger, neglect, unnecessary sedation: this is reality inside profit-hungry UK care homes
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen I was 13, I learned about workhouses. Read More
Care home boss ‘used fake wills to plunder residents’ fortunes’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA French care home manager has been accused of placing false wills on wealthy retirees who died without heirs, so he could…
‘Shaming’ level of misery caused by UK social care uncovered by major survey
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDissatisfaction at social care services among those who have had to deal with them has spiralled to “unbelievably distressing” levels, Read More
Senior nurse sacked after telling disabled care home resident they ‘didn’t deserve to be alive’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA senior nurse has been sacked after she told a disabled care home resident they “didn’t deserve to be alive”. Read More