The Homecare Innovation Challenge aims to improve homecare for older people and disabled adults in England. The challenge, which is led by the Department of Health, will:
• encourage more people to talk about homecare
• gather ideas and experiences of how to make homecare better
• share these ideas and experiences
• use these ideas and experiences to spread new ways of improving homecare in England
The Homecare Innovation Challenge invites ideas and new approaches from everyone who is interested in homecare, including people who receive homecare, care workers, local authorities, charities, care companies, communities and carers.
Comments will be shared on the Guardian Homecare Hub and will be available for everyone to see and reflect on, so people can learn from each other.
In the autumn we will set out how this will make a difference to future homecare. We want this challenge to bring about improvement to home care services for everyone involved.
Further information about homecare
There have been several important reports covering homecare services in England. This includes:
• Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) 'Close to Home; An inquiry into older people and human rights in home care'
• United Kingdom Homecare Association (UKHCA) 'Care is not a Commodity'
• Care Quality Commission (CQC) 'State of Care' 2012
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