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Home care service providers must ensure staff are trained

Home care service providers must ensure staff are trained to recognise and identify abuse

A Home Care Review recently carried out by the Equality and Human Right’s Commission (EHRC) highlighted cases of physical and emotional abuse, including theft, neglect and basic disregard for privacy and dignity of people in receipt of council funded care in their own homes. There are approximately 500 000 such people in England.

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Amanda Okill
Areas of Specialism All aspects of employment legislation, with a particular interest in discrimination law. Career Amanda Okill joined Furley Page in 2007 from a large regional firm where she wor... more »
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