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One of the best campaigns of 2024? Challenging our biases and prejudices about people with Down’s Syndrome: Madison Tevlin is the leading actress in this campaign from CoorDown Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, she is a model, advocate and actress. ‘Madison loves to challenge misunderstandings by presenting her own story as a person who has passions and goals and is capable of much more than people expect of her’ Down Syndrome International said The ‘Assume That I Can’ campaign is a call for everyone to put an end to prejudice and support the concrete potential of each person who has Down syndrome. Stereotypes, biases and low expectations affect every aspect of the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. The video was inspired by a speech made by Marta Sodano, a 29-year-old Italian woman with Down syndrome. Marta said: “I discovered that in psychology there is a concept called “self-fulfilling prophecy”, whereby a teacher who thinks that a student cannot understand would just act accordingly and therefore they would not teach the student. And there you go: the prophecy self-fulfills” ♻️Repost to share this brilliant ad And a reminder to check our biases I’m Emmie Faust a mum of 4, community leader and I write daily about entrepreneurship, growth and things that inspire me 👋

Today the government announced a new independent commission on social care, led by Baroness Louise Casey of Blackstock. Baroness Casey is a highly respected cross-bench peer with extensive experience in social welfare and government policy. If anyone can build cross-party consensus and public support for change, she can, and we stand ready to support her. We’re worried, though, about two things. First, is that social care and support provision could collapse before Baroness Casey has even started. This is because of a 10% increase in costs of care delivery as a result of the Autumn Budget, which is not covered by council and NHS fee rates. And the second is that the government may use the Casey review as a delaying tactic. When we get to the Comprehensive Spending Review in May or June, they could say “we can’t decide on social care spending until Baroness Casey has reported”. By the time Baroness Casey has reported in 2028, it will be nearly the end of this parliament. This means Labour will duck the issue. We are facing an existential threat to care and support services now. Over 85% of care providers are small, local organisations. Most operate on wafer-thin margins and cannot afford the increases to employers national insurance and the minimum wage. Councils, who pay for most care and support services, say they can only increase fee rates by 0-5%. Rather than improving social care, the Labour government risks destroying it. The Prime Minister’s pledge to reduce NHS waiting lists will fail if social care and support provision fails. We need an immediate increase in funding to hold the sector up. The Nuffield Trust has calculated we need an extra £2.8 billion. The government has given an extra £22 billion to the NHS and needs to move some of this to social care. Especially as ministers now want care workers to perform more healthcare tasks and use more digital tools. Currently, there is inadequate funding for wages and training, ineffective regulation, and a lack of meaningful collaboration between the NHS and social care on the ground. Providers cannot therefore implement these proposals safely or sustainably at scale. While well-intentioned, ministers are expecting more for less, which risks harm to people and providers. For years, the Homecare Association has pushed for better links between health and social care. Most people receiving care have substantial healthcare needs. It makes sense for care workers to develop their skills to offer more support for health and social needs. But the government's proposals continue to ignore the sector's challenges. There is widespread media coverage today. https://lnkd.in/eajYbbMV If you’re a provider please speak up - the media wants stories of the impact on the people you support and on you. #homecare #socialcare #reform #CaseyReview

🚨 ANOTHER SOCIAL CARE REVIEW? NO—WE NEED ACTION, NOT MORE DELAYS! 🚨 The government’s latest announcement of a new commission to review adult social care in England is nothing more than a delaying tactic. 2028? Really? By the time this pointless report is complete, the sector will be in ruins. We’ve been here before. We’ve had reviews, consultations, commissions, and reports. We’ve provided evidence, data, and solutions—time and time again. And where has it got us? ❌ Care providers collapsing. ❌ Staff walking away. ❌ Vulnerable people suffering. 💥 This isn’t reform—it’s avoidance. 💥 The care sector doesn’t need another report. It needs urgent funding and real reform NOW. We’re watching this government bury the crisis under paperwork while services shut down, families struggle, and carers are burned out—all because the people in power are too scared to act. Let’s be clear—we won’t wait until 2028. We’re done waiting. We’re done being ignored. The time for evidence has passed. The time for ACTION is now. 💬 Share this post. Raise your voice. Demand change. Join providers unite https://lnkd.in/eyVqgKkC #ProvidersUnite #SaveSocialCare #NoMoreDelays #ActNow https://lnkd.in/eYBQRGKJ Keir Starmer The Rt. Hon. Wes Streeting MP Nadra Ahmed CBE DL 💚 Dr Jane Townson OBE Homecare Association The Care Provider Alliance The Care Workers' Charity National Care Association Geoffrey Cox Raj Sehgal Norfolk Care Association Ltd Simon Spiller Kent Integrated Care Alliance (KiCA) Derby Care Association Nottinghamshire Care Association

Today, the Government has set out immediate investment and reforms to improve adult social care and support the workforce, as well as launching an independent commission into adult social care to be chaired by The Baroness Casey of Blackstock DBE CB, to inform the creation of a National Care Service underpinned by national standards, delivering consistency of care across the country. Kathryn Smith OBE, Chief Executive at Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), said: "The Commission is an opportunity to build cross-party consensus which will end decades of gridlock and deliver a lasting settlement that will change lives for the better and build strong local communities." https://lnkd.in/eS4h8MXN

A Commission led by Baroness Casey heads the announcements on Social Care today to report in 2026 and then in 2028. Years will pass and another election due before any firm commitments are made to create a system which will be fit for the future! The system which being held together due to the passion and commitment of those who invest and work in it. A sector that has already taken on so many additional health tasks without funding will be asked to take up more to ‘free up’ valuable GP and nurse time! There is no financial package to help train, support or pay our amazing workforce for all the extra duties they take on. Another shift of health responsibilities to social care is imminent and the irony is there is no additional funding at a time when care providers will be struggling to find the additional 10%-12% they will need to pay the additional NIC and NLW thrust upon them. No exemptions, no funding just additional responsibility! The value of social care is known but not acknowledged- our voices need to proud and strong to ensure that care and support for those who need is not lost in this political landscape. @nationalcareassoc #providersunite#strongertogether

🚨 NO PAY RISES = MORE CARE WORKERS TURNING TO BENEFITS 🚨 The National Insurance hike has left the care sector with no budget for staff pay rises, forcing many care workers to rethink their hours or even leave the sector altogether. And here’s the problem… 💥 With no pay increases, Universal Credit becomes a better financial option for many. Why? Because working fewer hours means keeping or starting benefits, instead of risking deductions for trying to earn more. I mean why work more when you can earn more from not working? 💥Free prescriptions for those on benefits—yet another incentive not to work and an added cost to a system already buckling under financial strain. 💥 This leaves the care sector facing a staffing crisis as workers reduce hours or quit, putting even more strain on an already overloaded benifits system. 💥 Meanwhile, the welfare bill skyrockets, adding more financial burden to the system, rather than solving the root problem. How is this productive? 🛑Fewer care workers = worse outcomes for the vulnerable. 🛑Reduced hours = more reliance on benefits. 🛑No pay rises = no incentive to stay in the sector. We’re not just talking about a broken care system, we’re looking at a financial disaster that could have been prevented with fair funding and proper pay structures. 💬 It’s time to stop patching up the cracks and start fixing the foundations. The care sector can’t survive like this—and neither can the people who rely on it. #ProvidersUnite #SaveSocialCare #FairFundingNow #EndTheCrisis Providers Unite Nadra Ahmed CBE DL 💚 National Care Association Dr Jane Townson OBE Homecare Association Rt Hon Rachel Reeves Keir Starmer West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Norfolk Care Association Ltd Raj Sehgal Geoffrey Cox Kent Integrated Care Alliance (KiCA) Derby Care Association Nottinghamshire Care Association The Care Provider Alliance The Care Workers' Charity Care England

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The impact of the 2025 Budget is catastrophic. 1 in 5 care providers are at risk of collapse. Chancellor we need £2 billion more to #savesocialcare. #ProvidersUnite NHS Care England The Rt. Hon. Wes Streeting MP Keir Starmer Rt Hon Rachel Reeves Prof Martin Green Department of Health and Social Care Avnish Goyal CBE 💚 Anita Goyal MBE 💚 Pete Calveley Mike Parsons James Tugendhat Mike Padgham

Dementia can lead to increased confusion, difficulties in processing information and, in some cases, heightened emotions. This can make it difficult to deliver bad news to a person with dementia, such as the illness or death of a loved one, as they may struggle to understand what you have said, or to retain it. 💬 Do you have any advice around sharing bad news? Let us know in the comments. 👇 #Dementia #DementiaCare #Carer

In a world surrounded by tech and commissioners and funders that often see this as the answer to the shortage of care workers and a cheaper option, this image hits hard It’s important that we remember tech should only be used to compliment good care and not replace the human element.