Disability and Down’s Syndrome – 18.1.23
To increase access to support for people with Down’s Syndrome and for disabled people we are developing guidance aimed at improving support for people with Down’s Syndrome, as required by the Down Syndrome Act which received Royal Assent in April 2022. This guidance will set out practical steps that organisations should take to meet the needs of […]
Parent Carer Conference -12.1.2023
Parent Carer Wellbeing Conference 10th May 2023 Greenwood Centre, Kentish Town Dr Joanna Griffin (www.affinityhub.uk) and Dr Lisa Greenspan (www.thelapis.co.uk) are organising a Parent Carer Wellbeing conference on 10th May 2023, 9.30am-3pm, in London at the Greenwood Centre, NW5 1LB. The conference is aimed at parent carers to provide them with information, strategies and […]
Care home in Kent gives families 10 hours notice of closure
Berkeley House in Kent looked after adults with severe learning difficulties and autism but, five weeks ago, its operator suddenly decided it could no longer provide safe care and families were informed at 7.30am that their loved ones would have to leave by 5pm, a move branded “inhumane” by one family. Read the full […]
First Rescare Forum Weds 18th November, 10:00 am
Forum Topic: Access to family member during Covid restrictions Join us for our first Forum on November 18th! Just contact our office on office@rescare.org.uk to save your place. The Forum will be delivered by Zoom and we will send you an email with details of how to join before the session. These sessions are free to […]
History of Legislation on Disability
Note: The following article is awaiting update on legislation enacted after 2012. For information on the most recently enacted legislation, i.e. The Children and Families Act 2014 and The Care Act 2014, please see the individual articles under the ‘Legislation & Policies’ menu, or follow the links at the end of this article.
The Children and Families Act 2014 – a Guide to Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plans
This guide first appeared in Resnews 2015.2. The EHC reforms discussed are the consequence of the Children and Families Act 2014. A Guide to Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plans
Rescare Guide to Learning Disability and Work Related Benefits
To accompany our Guide to the Care Act – recently posted to the Legislation & Policies section of our website, after first being published in 2015 editions of our newsletter Resnews – we have decided to publish other ‘user guides’ first published in Resnews during 2015. This guide appeared in Resnews 2015.3. Note one of […]
Rescare Guide to Personal Budgets (published in Resnews 2014.4)
To accompany our Guide to the Care Act – recently posted to the Legislation & Policies section of our website, after first being published in 2015 editions of our newsletter Resnews – we have decided to publish other ‘user guides’ first published in Resnews during 2015. This guide appeared in Resnews 2015.4. Note one of […]
The Care Act 2014 – A User Guide
This ‘User Guide’ to the Care Act 2014 appeared in four parts in consecutive editions of Resnews 2015-16. (Resnews is the quarterly newsletter to our members). The Guide was generally well-received, and we publish it here in the hope that it will inform and help a wider audience. The Care Act – What will […]
The Care Act 2014
The Care Act 2014 was enacted in 2014. As of April 2015, the Act and supporting guidance place a series of new duties and responsibilities on local authorities about care and support for adults. The Act has been described as the most significant legislative change affecting care provision ‘in the last 60 years’ or ‘since […]