Care Support Independence

Comment on the Green Paper in Society Guardian (24 June)

Public Services editor David Brindle discusses the impact of telecare.

Professor Peter Beresford (Brunel University) argues that the Green Paper will have to acknowledge the scale of the funding issue.

Sunday Telegraph report on domiciliary care costs (28 June)

The Sunday Telegraph has a feature on large increases in cost for domiciliary care.

University of Michigan study into over 65s in England and the US.

Both The Independent  and The Daily Mail  report the findings of a University of Michigan comparative study of 5,276 English and 8,299 Americans people aged 65+. (25 June)

In The Independent, an opinion column refers to the Michigan study, citing it as evidence of ageism. (26 June)

Articles from Community Care on-line

Skills for Care and Skills for Health have published a baseline of core competencies for all staff working with people who are dying. (26 June)

Community Care reports on the Valuing People Now Strategy. (24 June)

General

Take a Break magazine has launched a Thank God for Social Workers campaign. The magazine’s circulation is 943,000. (25 June)

In a Society Guardian interview, Ian McPherson, head of the National Mental Health Development Unit, describes how his own experiences as a patient have shaped his approach to mental health services. (24 June

The Sunday Express reports the findings of Scope that argue that disabled people are four times more likely to suffer abuse, burglary or violence. (28 June)