Care Support Independence

Publication of Prepared to Care by All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia

The Daily Telegraph notes the findings of the All-Party Parliamentary Group report on Dementia. (17/06)

In his Daily Telegraph column, Dr. Max Pemberton comments on an instance of high-quality dementia care patient. (22/06)

Community Care on-line

Community Care reports on Laing and Buisson's Community Care Market News Annual Survey of UK Local Authority Baseline Fee Rates. (22/06)

Department of Work and Pensions Minister Jonathan Shaw defends plans for a new set of Individual Budget pilots for disabled people. (17/06)

Julie Jones of SCIE calls for local authorities to allow social workers to tell their stories in the media. (17/06)

General

The Independent has a feature on the challenge posed to public health by mental illness. (16/06)

In Society Guardian, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis argues that the use of agency staff is not in the best interests of service users. (17/06)

In Guardian supplement Life Without Limits, Sue Bott (National Centre for Independent Living) and Lady Campbell outline the need for rights-based argument to secure individual budgets for all disabled people. (17/06)

The Financial Times reports that the care home company Four Seasons will be sold if it cannot agree to a restructuring that would halve its current debt. (19/06)