Care Support Independence

A weekly update showing media coverage of the Green Paper and wider care and support issues. Click on the link to read the article or news item.

General

Community Care reports comments from Director General of Social Care David Behan, emphasising the importance of getting positive news stories about social workers into the media. (23 April)

Community Care reports that Minister of State for Care Services Phil Hope has pledged to extend compulsory registration to England’s 500,000 home care workers. (24 April)

Society Guardian suggests that the recession will threaten the care of vulnerable people. (22 April)

The Evening Standard reports that a care home company has been fined after a resident choked to death on a ham sandwich. (21-22 April)

Coverage of Betty Figg, an 86-year-old removed from her daughter’s house by care workers

The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Daily Express, The Daily Mirror, The Sun and Metro all report the case of Betty Figg, an 86-year-old dementia patient who was removed from her daughter’s home by social service workers and police. (23 April)

The Sunday Telegraph has an another feature on the incident.

The Sunday Times notes that more money and institutions will be needed to cope with the growing number of over-85s. (26 April)