CONTENTS Editor’s Voice Hello and welcome to the December/January issue of Tomorrow’s Care.
A recent survey published in the first week of December by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), suggested that “the state of social care services has revealed a rapidly deteriorating picture of hundreds of thousands of older and disabled people leſt waiting for help despite record increases in care being provided to people in their own homes.”
Vic Rayner OBE, CEO of the National Care Forum (NCF) argued that the dire situation can be attributed to the “growing shortages in the workforce”, the further effect this has on those who remain working in the industry and the “consequences for those receiving or needing care and support.” Investment in the social care workforce is the only solution, she goes on to add, with a focus on offering retention bonuses for all care workers, a funded increase to pay and, “the inclusion of frontline care workers on the shortage occupation list.”
Tomorrow’s Care agrees with Rayner. Health, for many years, has been prioritised over care and it is to the detriment of communities everywhere. As we approach the year end, we hope the industry can work with government to find some innovative, worthwhile solutions to the workforce challenge. We need them. Fast.
Aſter the difficult 21 months the care sector has endured, we hope that you'll be able to take some well-deserved time off to relax with loved ones over the festive period. And, we look forward to a more positive 2022.
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RAISING EXPECTATIONS Home care technology should
deliver customers with choice, control and independence, but research conducted by Secure UK Ltd suggests that ambitions have been more limited. Paul Botsford discusses.
USE IT OR LOSE IT Lynda Holt and Professor Brian
Dolan OBE of Health Service 360, and hosts of #EndPJparalysis Campaign, offer advice on helping clients to halt the process of deconditioning.
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THE HAPPINESS FACTOR John Ramsay, Managing Director
of Social-Ability, talks to Tomorrow’s Care about his company’s programme that reduces loneliness and helps care providers avoid some of the side effects of the over-stretched social care system.
POSITIVE PLANNING Following the launch of their
new four-year strategy, Skills for Care’s Director of Operations Tricia Pereira, discusses why supporting culture and diversity is at the heart of their plans.
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