Care Home system ‘at breaking point’
A senior nursing consultant at a leading recruitment firm has warned that the threat Brexit poses to labour availability, along with fewer nurses entering the profession, could put serious pressure on the Care Home system. New research has also revealed that an extra 71,000 care home places will be needed in England within the next […]
One-third of older people say loneliness is ‘out of their control’…
More than one in three (35 per cent) of those aged 75 and over in the UK say that feelings of loneliness are out of their control, according to a new survey by the older people’s charity, Independent Age. The ‘If you’re feeling lonely: How to stay connected in older age’ guide found that almost […]
