30/09/09'Free personal care' for elderly says Gordon Brown >

Free personal care will be introduced so the frailest can be cared for in their own homes, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged.

17/07/09Housing 21 publishes 2nd report on personalisation & specialist housing for older people >

Report warns that personalisation could undermine specialist housing provision

27/06/09Massive rise in care charges for the elderly >

Tens of thousands of pensioners have been hit by huge hikes in fees for care they receive at home, an investigation by the Sunday Telegraph has revealed.

27/06/09The cost of caring >

Robin and Ellie Doe have seen their savings disappear after being found they were not eligible for free care.

27/01/09Address the barriers - SCIE’s response to CSCI’s The state of social care report >

More can be done to ‘scale up’ the personalisation of adult social care services from pilots to the mainstream, the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) says in response to today’s <27 Jan> The state of social care report.

20/01/09MITIE moves into No 10 >

MITIE, the strategic outsourcing and asset management company, has recently moved its cleaning head office into a brand new building, 10 Brook Office Park in Bristol.

13/01/09Adult children pay £4,000 a year to care for elderly parents >

Adult children are giving up the equivalent of a full-time working week each month – at an annual cost of almost £4,000 – to care for an elderly parent or parents, a report published today claims.