Home comforts
It’s a welcome return to the DHSC Social Care News blog for the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)’s Chief Executive Tony Hunter. This time he wants to remind you of a marvellous mutual care and support scheme which is …
Care and support
How digitalised care planning could support my son and others like him
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Stella Smith, Posted on:
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Autism strategy, Care and support, Information sharing
Stella Smith’s son Andrew has needed considerable ongoing support since the age of four when he was diagnosed with an autism spectrum condition. Ever since then, one of the greatest challenges for Stella and her family has been getting the …
Listen to the dementia experts
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Yvette Wetton, Posted on:
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Care and support, Communities, Dementia, Guest author
It’s a welcome return to Social Care News for Yvette Wetton as she explains the work she and the Healthwatch Essex Engagement Team have been doing to make sure people living with dementia are fully involved in projects to make …
Integrated care systems are the next big thing…
…but what do they mean for social care? That’s the question Ewan King is asking in his latest blog for DHSC’s Social Care News. Integrated Care Systems and Integrated Care Partnerships – until recently accountable care systems and partnerships – …
Putting people at the centre of their care
“Social care is very personal” says Alice Maynard, Chair of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline committee. “People have their own care needs and we must understand them to make sure they receive the best possible …
Loneliness and how to cure it: the challenge of our times
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Alex Fox, Posted on:
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Care and support, Communities, Innovation, Integrated care
The appointment of Tracey Crouch MP as a dedicated Minister for tackling loneliness attracted interest from around the world. In this companion piece to Ewan King's post on finding small solutions to the big problem of social isolation, Shared Lives …
Isolation: small may be beautiful when it comes to solutions
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Ewan King, Posted on:
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Care and support, Communities, Information sharing, Innovation
“With one million people aged 64 and over in the UK reporting that they are often or always lonely, the newly appointed Minister for Loneliness, Tracey Crouch, has a big task on her hands,” says our returning blogger, Social Care …
I’m proud to be a young carer
In the second of two blogs to mark Carers Trust’s Young Carers Awareness Day, we are proud to present this blog from Josie Higginson, a young carer since the age of 4. Now 12, Josie doesn’t really think of herself …
No rest for young carers
Young Carers Awareness Day is the annual day of recognition for the UK's estimated 700,000 young carers. This year, Carers Trust shine a light on the high proportion of infant young carers suffering from broken sleep to help look after …
This working group was certainly expert in young people's mental health
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Paul Burstow, Posted on:
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Care and support, child protection, Consultations and surveys, Mental health
Being in care is like living in a fish bowl because you have to repeat the same story over and over again to different professionals This quote is from a young person, with whom Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) …