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96-year-old care home resident has spent last 10 years knitting hundreds of premature baby clothes
Doris Foyle aged 96, has spent a large part of the past 10 years, wielding a pair of knitting needles knitting hundreds of sets of clothes for premature babies. Source: Care Feeds
NCF launches Kickstart Support to help create care jobs for 16-24-year-olds
The National Care Forum (NCF) has launched an NCF Kickstart Scheme aimed to create new job placements for 16–24-year-olds on Universal Credit and at risk of long-term unemployment. Source: Care Feeds
'Means test gets meaner' in England as 120,000 more seek social care but 14,000 fewer get it
Some 120,000 more people asked for social care but around 14,000 fewer people received it in England between 2015/16 and 2019/20, as the ‘means test continued to get meaner’, according to the think tank The Kings Fund. Source: Care Feeds
MPs want care home guidance 'underpinned' by law and tell CQC to 'get a grip' and get visit data
Care home residents have a right to family life and visits from loved ones must be ‘underpinned’ by law, say MPs behind a new report which also calls on the Care Quality Commission to ‘get a grip’ and collect data on care home visits. Source: Care Feeds
