November 30, 2006
Thursday, 30th November 2006
Greetings from Angela Gifford, Proprietor of Able Community Care, and welcome to the Able Newsflash, published by email every Thursday morning.
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Care News
Another care home may close this week. West Sussex County Council is making the decision to either close or keep running a nursing home in Shoreham. The home has currently been used to take elderly patients from hospital so their beds can be released for other patients. The average rehabilitation period in the home being about six weeks. Councillors said that although the care home provided an invaluable service because of EU regulations and tightening finances the home may well have to close. This would be the 12th care home in and around the Brighton and Hove area to close since January 2006.The Care Council for Wales has conducted its first hearing. A community placement officer was found guilty of misconduct and a three year warning was placed on her record in the Social Care Register. The committee found that she had failed in her duty of care towards children she was responsible for, had failed to disclose relevant information for the investigation and because she had provided personal details to a carer had compromised her duty to the children and the investigation. The officer has the right to appeal to the Care Standards Tribunal. A second social care worker appeared before the Care Council and was suspended for twelve months.
In-House News
Potential new clients have been visited in Hertfordshire, Kent, Manchester and Oldham.A client review took place in Cheltenham.
Sam Clarke, Care Manager attended a course on Mental Health and Ageing.
A respite care post in South Wales has changed to a long term care package. Care for an elderly couple with poor health. Salary £644.00pw inc. Care Manager Sue Lamb.
Interesting Information
Live-in carer posts are currently being advertised on the internet by care agencies other than Able Community Care. The live-in carers are wanted to care for elderly people, people with MS, CP and with spinal injuries. The salary range is from £250.00pw to £435.00pw.It is estimated that there are approx 12,700 single Eastern European people working as carers in the UK. (Guardian)
We hope you have enjoyed reading this and "see you next week".
Best Wishes,
Angela Gifford, Proprietor
Able Community Care.
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