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Guide to LTC for advisers

Community Care Market News (News) August 1998The Independent Financial Advisers Association (IFA) has launched a guide to long term care for independent financial advisersThe...

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...

New operator in sector

Sushil Radia, formerly with Care First (and prior to that Court Cavendish) has set up a new company - Riseway Investment Ltd.Mr Radia opted...

Tamaris acquisition

Tameng Care Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tamaris plc, announced this month that it has made a cash payment of £1.675m to Mr...

Carers

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 15 June 1998 at column 93) if the Department of Health (DoH) will be issuing...

Joint reviews report mixed performance

The Social Services Inspectorate (SSI) and Audit Commission have this month published three reports of reviews of social services departments. Whilst West Sussex received...

Far East backlash

The troubles in the Far East financial markets washed over this month into the UK care home sector. It had already been learnt in...