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carehome

  1. CQC clampdown closed bad care homes - on the other hand maybe they stayed open http://bbc.in/gLSO4X
  2. Only one in five care homes good http://bit.ly/cFO72w (telegraph headline) or Care Homes have Improved http://bit.ly/a7wOWY (CQC)
  3. Thousands of Care Home residents socially isolated, says Relatives and Residents Association: http://bit.ly/9Q0Opo
  4. 20k care home residents forced to sell houses to pay for care: http://bit.ly/a3YXqr
  5. Care Quality Commission website has new Fantastically Bad (tm) search page http://bit.ly/9PuJeT try http://bit.ly/aNm1Bb instead!
  6. CQC walks quietly away from care home star ratings, not the right decision: http://bit.ly/bGvrmv
  7. Care Quality Commission gets tough - shuts down 34 Care Homes in 12 months http://bit.ly/9QzQbv (ie. < 0.25% of care homes !)
  8. CQC orders celeb drug rehab to close for failing to register but offering medical services: http://bit.ly/aasE9R
  9. Care Home Star ratings work says report: http://bit.ly/dk9zIb but the regulator has scrapped them: http://bit.ly/b5oKDm
  10. Council and Care warns of double whammy, higher charges and tighter eligibility criteria. http://bit.ly/cy6lWX
  11. People need more information to make decisions on care, says Council on Care CEO: http://bit.ly/dCLvXY
  12. 40% of dementia cases 'could be avoided' say doctors: http://bit.ly/bt3Scj
  13. World Alzheimer report 2010, all the detail on the £338bn http://bit.ly/9yPvH6
  14. Global Dementia Costs hit £338 bn, reports guardian: http://bit.ly/93lUzW
  15. Anger over decision to end star ratings for care homes: http://bit.ly/aH433Z
  16. Important changes to CQC’s assessment of adult social care services http://bit.ly/9FMjt0
  17. MPs endorse proposed new chair of Care Quality Commission http://bit.ly/amKr73