139 percent increase in waiting lists for OT services since 2019, new report finds
The OT Practice, an occupational therapy provider, has released a unique and in-depth analysis and insight into the state of the occupational therapy (OT) waiting…
Report finds only 29 percent of care staff in England receive any form of dementia training
Care England has responded to the Alzheimer's Society 'Because We're Human Too' report, which has revealed while the number of people with dementia continues to…
Findings reveal just five percent of adults with a learning disability are in paid employment
Centre for Ageing Better Images - Pictures Peter Kindersley Councils are calling for the needs of hundreds of thousands of working-age adults and lifelong disabled…
Councils expected to overspend on adult social care budgets by £564m
The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has published its latest annual survey, which highlights the growing and urgent challenges facing councils as…
Industry and university team up to help prevent falls through advanced predictive system
Experts from Aston University and global telecare provider Legrand Care are working together to rethink how to deliver at home-monitoring to prevent falls and other…
New partnership will explore how journeys can be improved for people with sight loss
A new partnership between the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and the Motability Foundation will explore innovative ways of making journeys better for…
Report urges action to ensure disabled people benefit from automated transport
New research from the Transport Research Foundation (the parent company to TRL) and the Research Institute for Disabled Consumers (RiDC) has raised concerns that disabled people could be left…
Monthly report provides insightful data on telecare first-time call failures
Appello, a UK telecare monitoring centre, has announced the launch of a monthly report revealing exclusive data on first-time call failures (FTCFs) in telecare across…
Community-based improvements including adapting homes deliver the highest return on investment
Centre for Ageing Better Images - Pictures Peter Kindersley Better targeting of existing money spent on prevention could deliver an extra £11 billion annual return…
24 percent of people working in care left their jobs in 2023/24
International recruitment drove improvements in the adult social care workforce in the year to March 2024, but the sector faces ongoing domestic recruitment and retention…