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'Tigger-like' Hammond's Spring Statement condemned by social care's 'Eeyores'
Philip Hammond was bouncy as he delivered his Spring Statement, describing himself as ‘positively Tigger-like’ while announcing the economy had grown every year since 2010, however his speech gave no joy to the care sector. Source: Care Feeds
Councils' 'rainy day' money raided to fund 14 per cent rise in demand for care
Emergency funds are being raided as local authorities struggle to meet a rise in demand for social care and ease the pain of a 49 per cent fall in funding from the Government since 2010. Source: Care Feeds
Care home residents try out latest festival trend – the silent disco
The silent disco which has become a popular phenomenon at festivals, has now found its way to a care home in London. Source: Care Feeds
Sex is a basic 'human right' for elderly with dementia
That’s the view of Scottish Care’s chief executive who has condemned ‘negative and unhelpful attitudes’ about the elderly and their sexual needs and is urging the care sector to let older people become ‘full human beings’. Source: Care Feeds