Researchers from the University of Kent, in collaboration with the University of Surrey and the University of Hertfordshire, have developed a free guide to support care homes to provide care that is inclusive for older LGBTQ+ people. The guide, which was co-designed by a group of older LGBTQ+ people and care home staff, who were […]
HIV/sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust has launched a survey for people living with HIV to find out attitudes accessing adult social care and ageing. Adult social care covers a wide range of activities to help people who are older live independently and stay well and safe. It can include support in people’s own homes, […]
Brighton & Hove City Council has announced a new measure to improve LGBTQ+ inclusive care is being proposed as part of a range of new requirements for council-commissioned residential care homes in the city. Councillors will discuss new measures aiming to bolster standards and continue the commissioning of good quality residential and nursing care in […]
Meet Brighton & Hove City Council‘s Shared Lives team at Jubilee Library on Thursday, January 11 and find out how you could use your spare room to support someone by providing regular short breaks or full-time home Shared Lives carers provide support for people with learning disabilities, mental health needs, or other support needs. They […]
Care homes play a pivotal role in providing support and assistance to elderly individuals, including those from the LGBTQ+ community.
A film has been launched in Sussex as part of a project to enable people with a learning disability to have more choice in how they want their homes to look and feel.
Creating Inclusive Residential Care for LGBTQ+ Elders (CIRCLE), a new project led by Dr Jolie Keemink from University of Kent which aims to support residential care providers to be more inclusive towards older LGBTQ+ people, is seeking people to contribute to a resource for care homes on LGBTQ+ inclusion in care.
Carers Week (June 5-11) celebrates the UK’s unpaid carers who support family members and friends who have a disability, mental or physical illness, or need extra help in their daily lives.
This latest rating, combined with ratings from previous CQC visits carried out over an 18-month period, has lowered the overall rating for the Trust to “requires improvement”, which means CQC does not consider the Trust to be performing as well as it should and that it must improve.
Local hospice charity Martlets and the NHS Sussex Community Foundation Trust celebrated at national awards
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