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Dealing with dementia

By , Monday 18 May 2015

This week, dementia – the progressive disease that leads to memory loss and communication problems – is being highlighted with Dementia Awareness Week, hosted by the Alzheimer’s Society. The topic of dementia is often a sensitive one, but it’s sadly something that most people have had to deal with in some capacity. One in six people over the age of 80 suffer with the degenerative disease – and shockingly, it’s estimated that 90,000 sufferers could be undiagnosed – so many of us have had experience of caring for a loved one as they battle dementia.

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A call for improvements to end of life care access

By Marcus Ridley, Communications Assistant, Tuesday 17 March 2015

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A report by the Commons Health Committee has called for improvements to be made to the access available for social care at the end of life. Following the report which claimed there was “unacceptable variation” in the quality of care received across England, Care minister Norman Lamb said the government will now look closely at a policy of free end of life social care for all. Currently, families seeking free care for a dying relative at home have to go through a complex process of means testing and assessment to identify if they qualify for funded support for end of life care. As a result, more than half of deaths across England still occur in NHS hospitals, despite more than two-thirds of people saying they would prefer to spend their last days at home.

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The importance of Further Education

By , Wednesday 10 September 2014

Further Education is an option for people at any point in their life. For some, it’s a natural progression from school; for others it’s an option later in life should they choose to pursue a different career path, upskill, or simply learn something new. Vocational education can come in the form of a 2-year Apprenticeship, a college course, or a part-time course that can be studied in the learners’ spare time and allow them to fit it around their other commitments. Yet in comparison to Higher Education and schools, it’s not as widely researched and as a result, it could be seen as an easy target for funding cuts. We have iterated numerous times how important the Further Education sector is to both personal and professional development, and the nature in which qualifications are rated according to importance, with specialised subjects more likely to lose funding in the education sector. Earlier this year the government announced they were to cut funding for 5000 adult vocational courses and highlighted particularly niche and ‘low value’ courses such as self-tanning and balloon artistry, which appeared to support the notion that many of these courses were invaluable and a waste of taxpayers’ money, when in fact many other valuable courses that weren’t mentioned also faced the axe.

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Upskilling the Health and Social Care sector

By David Grailey, Chief Executive, Thursday 12 June 2014

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There’s no doubt about it, the Health and Social Care sector is a growing industry, employing millions of front line staff delivering care to vulnerable people in society. But are these staff adequately trained and qualified to do the tasks that are expected of them? It’s a hotly debated topic which has caused controversy across the sector following the recent independent Cavendish review which has highlighted inconsistencies in training.

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Health education crucial to pupil progress

By David Grailey, Chief Executive, Friday 23 May 2014

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Sec Ed have reported this week that the narrow focus on academia promoted by performance measures and Government policy could be ‘actively harming’ young people’s health and wellbeing. The article calls for PSHE to be made a statutory subject and for “health education” to be integrated into the wider curriculum. The academic group argues that education policy is increasingly encouraging schools to maximise academic attainment at the cost of children’s wellbeing.

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Accredited training compulsory for care workers

By Lindsay Plumpton, Communications Leader, Tuesday 06 May 2014

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Care Minister Norman Lamb has appealed that we ‘drive up standards’ in the care profession following an independent review which has highlighted inconsistencies in training. In a new scheme set to be launched in March 2015, care workers will have to earn a training certificate within 12 weeks of starting a job and topics will include infection control, dementia care and patient dignity.

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