Editors' picks
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For people requiring care, personal assistants are a lifeline. But new research reveals that the employed and employers could be heading for conflict. By David Brindle -
David Brindle reports on proposals to unify social care laws -
The government has unveiled its eagerly awaited strategy for carers. But does it live up to expectations? Alison Benjamin gets experts' reactions -
TV drama Takin' Over the Asylum was a hit. Donna Franceschild asks would it be made today? -
Audio (4min 08sec), David Brindle explains the plan to provide the elderly and disabled with personal care budgets -
We have put man on the moon, but don't know how many of people are learning disabled, writes David Brindle
Most recent
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Benign intervention
Jul 5 2008:Sue Taylor takes great satisfaction from helping older people to regain control over their lives - but it is not a job without risks
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Jul 1 2008:
Turmoil in property market leaves care home operator seeking waiver on loan repayment covenant
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Jun 29 2008:
Eminent psychiatrist delivers damning verdict on mental health treatment and calls for kitemark system to improve care
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Jun 29 2008:
Shannon O'Neill, a veteran of the mental health system, describes how she was left traumatised by her experiences
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Jun 29 2008:
Marjorie Wallace, chief executive of Sane, speaks to Amelia Hill about how the system is failing its vulnerable users
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Jun 26 2008:
Elderly and disabled people who receive care from their local authority to get new rights
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Jun 20 2008:
Treatment of dementia to be 'dragged out of the dark ages' with plans to curb use of antipsyhotic drugs
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It's all very well being in sheltered accommodation - until after 5.30pm, when all the staff go home
Jun 17 2008:Michele Hanson: The 'dignity for the elderly' campaign seems to have gone on to the back burner for the time being. Quick. Get it back to the front. Because it's your turn next
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Jun 15 2008:
One in five social workers has signed off work for at least 20 consecutive days in the past five years
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Jun 13 2008:
Editorial: Violence against women is hard to detect and harder to escape from
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Jun 11 2008:
Stuart Jeffries investigates why women enjoy old age more than men
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Jun 11 2008:
Two cheers for the Care Quality Commission, to be headed by Lady Barbara Young, says Don Redding
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Jun 11 2008:
They have long been viewed as fostering segregation, yet they remain popular with the people who use them. Peter Beresford and Wendy Bryant report
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Jun 11 2008:
Christopher Manthorp on politicians' policies for the elderly, which recently included appointing Michael Parkinson as dignity ambassador
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Jun 10 2008:
Carers strategy includes £150m to fund respite care and £38m for annual health checks
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Latest from our blogs
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- Individual taste
- Alison Benjamin,
- Jul 2 2008, 7:08am,
- 2 comments
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- Drug-free dementia?
- Alison Benjamin,
- Jun 20 2008, 2:08pm,
- 2 comments
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- Sharing the burden for carers
- guardian.co.uk,
- Jun 10 2008, 10:25am,
- 8 comments
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- If you work in social care, buy this book
- Christopher Manthorp,
- Jun 3 2008, 7:00am,
- 0 comments
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- The NHS is not the only villain
- Alison Benjamin,
- May 28 2008, 1:00am,
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