Its a Balancing Act This September 18 report from Business in the Community and the Prince’s Responsible Business Network in partnership with Santander addresses the following questions and topics: WHY DO ORGANISATIONS NEED TO CARE ABOUT CARING? CULTURE AND POLICIES: FROM BARRIERS TO CALL TO ACTION AND RECOMMENDATIONS The report is based on discussions with over … Continue reading “Equal Lives – Parenthood and Caring in the workplace”
Category: Policy reports
New POSTnote on Unpaid Care
New Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) Note on Unpaid Care. This POSTnote provides up to date figures on the numbers of unpaid carers across the UK, and the amount and type of care they undertake. It summarises evidence on the impacts of providing unpaid care on carers’ education, employment, finances, health and wellbeing, and … Continue reading “New POSTnote on Unpaid Care”
Caring for Carers – New Report by the Social Market Foundation
Caring for Carers ‘Caring for carers: the lives of family carers in the UK’ is a report by Katheryn Petrie and James Kirkup published by the Social Market Foundation, and supported by ageUK. The report looks at carers in the UK and their role in the social care system. The report finds that there has … Continue reading “Caring for Carers – New Report by the Social Market Foundation”
New NICE guidance on care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities
The new NICE guidelines cover care and support for adults with learning disabilities as they grow older. Coverage includes: dentifying changing needs, planning for the future, and delivering services including health, social care and housing. It aims to support people to access the services they need as they get older. The guidelines also include recommendations … Continue reading “New NICE guidance on care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities”
NHS England’s new guide: Advanced Care Planning for people with dementia
NHS England’s Dementia Team have just published their new guide My Future Wishes: Advance Care Planning (ACP) for people with dementia in all care settings. NHS England developed the guide, in response to the Dementia Challenge 2020 which maintains that “By 2020 we would wish to see… All people with a diagnosis of dementia being given … Continue reading “NHS England’s new guide: Advanced Care Planning for people with dementia”
New NHS NIHR review: Comprehensive Care – Research on older people living with frailty in hospitals
This themed review covers key aspects of caring for older people living with frailty in hospital including caring environments. It features 33 published studies & 20 ongoing research projects Read more