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Leading personalisation advocate resigns  01/07/2009 The head of In Control, Simon Duffy, has unexpectedly resigned from his post at the charitable group, at a time when his once niche vision of personal care budgets is on the cusp of going mainstream. Claimar interims suggest sale still an option  30/06/2009 Homecare provider Claimar Care has received a number of approaches from market partners and private equity groups looking to make a full takeover bid since it announced a strategic review last April, according to a statement made by the owners today (30 June). Dementia research funding must triple  30/06/2009 Two of the UK’s leading dementia charities have issued a joint statement urging the government to increase its commitment to scientific research into the condition with a tripling of the annual investment to £96m within the next five years. FSHC decision on the horizon?  25/06/2009 A further proposal for restructuring the massive debt upon which Four Seasons Health Care sits was presented to the network of lenders this week by its financial adviser Hatfield Philips. New deadline set for Green Paper publication  24/06/2009 Rumours next Tuesday (30 June) would mark the long awaited publication of the Green Paper on adult social care have proved to be unfounded - as the government have failed in their bid to make an eleventh hour delivery on their budget promise to have the new strategy out during June. ‘Recession dividend’ offers providers some respite  22/06/2009 Care providers have been spared the recession-fuelled cuts that many feared from the latest round of long term care baseline fee settlements, according to this year’s annual CCMN survey of local authority payment levels which has given an average uplift of 2.6% for the 200,000 state supported elderly people in independent sector care homes across the UK. So, while this marks a slight fall compared to the 3% increase seen in last year’s round of uplifts, it suggests that against the backdrop of an economy in recession, the sector remains somewhat protected for the year ahead. Social insurance positioned as ‘inheritance levy’  15/09/2009 Social care insurance is set to be a headline generating proposal in the forthcoming Green Paper on adult social care funding according to a number of reports in the national press today (15 June) claiming that minister prefer the idea of a one-off fee in the region of £12,000 which everyone would be asked to pay upon their retirement or have deducted from their estate when they die. Londoners uncertain about social care  15/06/2009 Accessing and funding adult social care is overly complicated, leaving four out of ten Londoners with a relative in one of the city’s 33 local authority support systems uncertain on who to turn to for help, what is provided for free and how to get additional support if it’s needed. NICE stands firm on Alzheimer's ruling  11/06/2009 Thousands of people with Alzheimer's disease will continue to be denied access to life alterning drugs according to a statement released by campaigners today (11 June) following the news that the government's drugs watchdog has chosen not to amend official prescribing guidance. New early detection test for Alzheimer's  10/06/2009 Doctors have developed a new self-administered memory test which trials have suggested is almost twice as effective at detecting the early stages of Alzheimer's diseases as the traditionally used detection method. <<Previous Next>> Total news stream articles 280.

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