archived press releases 2007

press releases 2007

December

21.12.07 Counsel and Care support ippr call for reform of Carer's Allowance
17.12.07 Counsel and Care welcomes the call for an open debate on the use of restraint in the care of older people
10.12.07 Welcome for ambitious drive to give older people more power over their care
07.12.07 Counsel and Care breaks down the barriers to preparing for death and serious illness with the publication of seven new factsheets
06.12.07 New online service designed to support more people and reduce pressure on charities
6.12.07 Housing strategy key to personalisation and prevention for older people

November

27.11.07 'Counsel and Care supports call for better care for people with dementia in care homes'
27.11.07 'Acting early 'saves NHS funds and gives older people better lives'
15.11.07 'Give carers the same rights at work as parents'

October

30.10.07 A new strategy for carers
25.10.07 Winter warming for older people
17.10.07 'A new appetite for life' and 'Not only bingo': New policy and good practice guides published by national charity
17.10.07 Welcome for timely CSCI report into people's experiences of finding a care home
10.10.07: Delivering the 'choice and control' agenda: national charity welcomes move towards greater personalisation of services for older people
09.10.07: Spending review heralds new settlement for funding care and support for older people that is 'fit for the future'

September

24.09.07: Welcome for Prime Minister's pledge to better care and support for older people, their families and carers
12.09.07: New step-by-step guide to using direct payments for older people published by national charity
03.09.07: Strong support for more income tax to fund better care: new survey finds public would be prepared to pay more for care in old age
03.09.07: New book on everything you need to know about 'care in old age' published during first Eldercare Week

August

31.08.07: National charity to launch new step-by-step guides to using direct payments for older people
28.08.07: 'Warning': Esther Rantzen CBE to give national charity's annual lecuture during Eldercare Week 3-9 September 2007

July

27.07.07: Promoting care for older people - national charity and publisher announce 'ElderCare Week' 3-9 September 2007
11.07.07: Tax breaks for care vouchers would help plug widening 'care gap'
04.07.07: Annual survey shows an ever-tightening squeeze and increasing costs for older people needing care and support

June

26.06.07: New continuing care framework right direction of travel, but still key issues to address
24.06.07: Counsel and Care receives Hospital Saturday Fund donation presented by Gloria Hunniford
21.06.07: National charity welcomes supporting people strategy with a view to future csr settlement

May

31.05.07: Counsel and Care adds to growing debate on care and support for older people this summer and autumn
23.05.07: 'My Grandparents and Me': national charity celebrates intergenerational relationships
10.05.07: National conference sparks debate on health and wellbeing of older people

April
25.04.07: National conference on crime and older people
11.04.07: New guide to employment rights for older people
13.04.07: Counsel and Care publishes guides through the care maze

March

06.03.07: Joined up health and social care becoming a reality?
09.03.07: 'My Grandparents and Me': national charity celebrates intergenerational relationships
19.03.07: Campaign for tax breaks on care vouchers grows as carers get the right to request flexible working

February

07.02.07: Right to request flexible working could be catalyst for 'new deal for carers who work'
12.02.07: Advice and guidance for care home residents and their families
12.02.07: Counsel and Care calls for independent care home watchdog with teeth

January

08.01.07: Closing the Care Gap
10.01.07: Older people and their families short-changed by failing care system
24.01.07: National debate on care must give older people 'real choice and real voice' in modernising care

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