New charity established to promote care needs of older people
Community Care Market News (News) August 1998A new charity - InterRAI UK - has been established to promote the care assessment needs of older...
Housing benefit interim scheme extended
Community Care Market News (News) August 1998Interim measures protecting housing benefit paid to people in supported accommodation will be extended for a further year,...
Barnet HA seeks preferred providers
Community Care Market News (News) August 1998Barnet health authority is seeking to develop a preferred list of registered nursing home operators to place up...
Call to extend direct payments
Community Care Market News (News) August 1998Age Concern is calling on the government to extend direct payments to people over 65. The charity claims...
Specialist Alzheimer’s unit opens
Community Care Market News (News) August 1998Craegmoor Healthcare has opened a 16-bed unit catering for elderly mentally infirm residents and those suffering from Alzheimer's...
New care centre
Community Care Market News (News) August 1998BetterCare this month opened its ninth home - the Murrayfield Care Centre, in Edmonton, North London.The 74-bed home...
NHS trust provision
Community Care Market News (News) August 1998Thames Gateway NHS Trust has completed the £150,000 refurbishment of a home for four people with learning disabilities...
Castleoak finance scheme
Community Care Market News (News) August 1998Castleoak Interiors has launched a lease finance scheme for care home operators to facilitate the refurbishment and upgrading...
Numbers in care drop for first time in three decades
Community Care Market News (News) August 1998The number of people in nursing and residential homes for elderly and physically disabled people has dropped from...
Mobility for people with dementia
Community Care Market News (News) August 1998Age Concern has published a handbook of techniques which aim to attain and retain mobility for people with...