Proposals to ensure a high-quality and sustainable ‘home care’ service for the district’s residents have been approved by South Gloucestershire Council’s Adults & Housing Committee. Committee members voted in favour of a new model for the council’s in-house home care service which will see all care commissioned from the independent sector. As part of the model, the council will also
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South Gloucestershire Council says it is ploughing an additional £2.7million into more care for the elderly. This increased funding could mean an extra 300 – 400 people are able to live at home longer, thanks to investment in initiatives such as an additional 1500 hours per week of home care which will be available to those who need it and
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South Gloucestershire Council, in partnership with Jobcentre Plus, is holding two job fairs at the end of March for people interested in a career in Care. The events will be held on Wednesday 30th March at Yate Library, 44 West Walk, Yate and on Thursday 31st March at Kingswood Library, High Street, Kingswood. Both events start at 10am and run
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South Gloucestershire Council is improving the support it provides to the district’s carers with increased investment and a range of innovative ideas. There are an estimated 20,000 carers in South Gloucestershire and the council recognises the huge contribution they make. The council, in partnership with NHS South Gloucestershire, has developed a Joint Carers Strategy that is designed to provide the
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A brand new, purpose built day centre for people with dementia has just opened in Yate. The centre replaces the Woodleaze facility, and is located in the new, multi-million pound Cambrian Green Court extra care housing development. The new centre has been built as part of the council’s ongoing work to support the increasing number of people with dementia, and
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From Cllr Andy Perkins (Labour) Figures released by South Gloucestershire Council show that the number of complaints it has received about its home care service has risen by 47% since last year. The figures, released in its Annual Report on Customer Complaints and Representation show that the Conservative-run Council received 88 complaints about its home care service from April 2009
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South Gloucestershire Council has produced two informative and easy to understand leaflets about the social care support that the council can help with. The leaflets contain the most up-to-date information and are available in libraries, doctor’s surgeries, community centres, the council’s one-stop shops and in many other places. One leaflet is a simple directory listing the wide range of services
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The first residents have started moving into Cambrian Green Court in Yate – South Gloucestershire Council’s first multi-million pound extra care housing development. Councillor Matthew Riddle and staff from Cambrian Green Court met some of the new residents on Friday 28th January, including Eric Ball, who has moved there from Frome House, a care home in Yate. Cllr Riddle took
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Dear Editor, On the same day in December that the Conservative-led government published its plans for the Big Society (the Localism Bill) and announced how much money it was (or wasn’t) giving local councils, another announcement was quietly slipped out. This announcement related to the winding up of a scheme called the Independent Living Fund (ILF). The ILF was established
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Conservative councillors’ view of a recent decision by South Gloucestershire Council A call by ‘out of touch’ Labour and LibDem councillors on South Gloucestershire Council to think again on plans to provide hundreds more home care hours has been dismissed by the authority’s Conservative care chief. Following a special ‘call-in’ meeting of its Community Care & Housing Select Committee back
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