The article reports on the anticipated decline in public sector investment in social care in Scotland. According to sector leaders, the reduction will make it more difficult for social work departments to meet policy targets set by the Scottish executive. Benny McLaughlin, managing director of ...
If you and your partner both go into residential care then your home is means-tested. This could entail losing existing funding because your property is no longer disregarded. Ownership The value of the house is automatically split 50/50 where you and your partner own it asjoint tenants.(Join...
In partnership with PA Network Scotland, SPAEN continues to invite potential social carers (Personal Assistants) to register and offer their support and services to people in their local community who may have been affected by staffing shortages or the short-notice ...
Historically, Skerratt and Williams (2008) identified funding, and applicability across areas of policy as the biggest challenge to the existence and spread of care farming in Scotland. Thirteen years on, their call for a supportive policy environment, funding for mainstream provision and a better ...
(See “The Formal and Informal Care Workforce.”) In addition, social-service networks should include not only formal medical providers but also private-sector and nonprofit entities, which may be able to offer specialized services to certain individuals. In Scotland, for example, nonprofits operat...
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You may be eligible for theCarer’s Allowance Supplementif you live in Scotland. Carer’s credit Carer’s Credithelps people who care for someone at least 20 hours a week. The credits increase the value of your State Pension by filling gaps in your National Insurance record. ...
This article explores the implementation of health and social care policy designed to improve partnership working between the health and social care sectors in the UK. Devolution has allowed Scotland to develop its own policies in several key areas. Given the potential for policy divergence, health ...
- 《Learning in Health & Social Care》 被引量: 338发表: 2010年 Interprofessional attitudes and perceptions: Results from a longitudinal controlled trial of pre-registration health and social care students in Scotland. Physiotherapy and Radiography students was performed using the adapted versions of ...
social care funding reform in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each nation has jurisdiction over its own care system and each has taken a different path towards introducing a form of risk pooling for social care. Of ...