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• New Care Certificate resources
  29/09/20

  New Care Certificate resources which help to contextualise areas of the Care Certificate to different specialisms, which include: learning disability, mental health, dementia and lone working. 

• UK must harness technology assisted care to power independent living: new report from Public Policy Projects
  29/09/20

  Written by Public Policy Projects for Tunstall Healthcare, this report shows how the use of Technology-Enabled Care Services (TECS) has accelerated throughout the pandemic and calls for this momentum should be built on. 

• BPSD: Responding to behavioural symptoms of dementia
  29/09/20

  This course is part of the Care and Clinical collection.

• Update on Data Security and Protection
  29/09/20

  A new version of the DSPT designed for adult social care providers will be launched in October.

• Improving the quality of end of life care through better planning, support
  29/09/20

  Writing in the National Health Executive, Judith Richardson, Acting Director for Health and Social Care, NICE highlights there is still room for improvement in end of life care. 

• Taking extra care in lockdown: Ty Llwynderw Extra Care & Care and Cae’r Ysgol Independent Living bungalows, Maesteg
  29/09/20

• The Size and Structure of the Adult Social Care Sector and Workforce 2020
  16/08/20

  You will have seen in the press or on social media that Skills for Care published its annual sector report ‘The Size and Structure of the Adult Social Care Sector and Workforce 2020’ on July 27. 

• Apprenticeship funding in England
  16/08/20

  As part of the Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact this has had on employment and skills, new payments have been introduced for employers in England for each new apprentice they hire between 1 August 2020 and 31 January 2021. 

• Care providers should encourage staff and service users to apply to EU Settlement Scheme
  16/08/20

  Most EU citizens need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme to ensure they're able to continue to live, work and access funding and services in the UK after 30 June 2021. 

• Adult social care and COVID-19: Assessing the impact on social care users and staff in England so far
  16/08/20

  In this briefing the Health Foundation provides an overview of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social care in England. 

• Nine Statements to Help Shape Adult Social Care Reform
  16/08/20

  ADASS has set out the stepping stones for change in adult social care.

• Housing and Ageing: Let’s Get Serious - “How Do You Plan for the Future while Addressing Immediate Chaos?”
  16/08/20

  This article presents findings from the Housing and Ageing programme conducted in 2018 that investigated how the housing sector can effectively plan for an ageing population. 

• 4 reasons housing providers must revise their Telecare needs post COVID-19
  16/08/20

  This guide reveals the findings from research and interviews with 120 senior executives from providers of supported, sheltered and retirement housing.

• Video calling checklist
  16/08/20

  This checklist covers the necessary steps a social worker or practitioner should take to ensure that technology for video calling is ready and appropriate.

• Dementia and decision-making
  16/08/20

  How can you help a person with dementia to make decisions now and for their future?

• The shocking side effect of lockdown on the symptoms of people with dementia
  16/08/20

  An Alzheimer’s Society investigation reveals the shocking side effect of lockdown on the symptoms of people with dementia.

• Business continuity planning
  16/08/20

  As part of their package of information on business continuity planning, the CPA has published three new sets of guidance for care providers.

• The Stop Ageism campaign
  16/08/20

  The Stop Ageism campaign is here to show how ageism negatively affects all of us and, with your help, how we can stop it.

• Mental Capacity Act
  16/08/20

  SCIE guidance.

• e-learning: Effective supervision & effective delegation
  16/08/20

  Skills for Care has recently launched some new bite size resources focusing on effective delegation and effective supervision.