Social care, the service that touches us all.(Features)

From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | Date: June 14, 2007 | Copyright information

Many families at some time or another will need social care services for support during what can be trying times in their lives.

The social care sector provides services to more than 150,000 people in Wales at any given time.

This means that more than five per cent of the population are at this very moment benefiting from social care services.

Social care refers to a wide range of services from supporting individuals in their own homes, residential ...

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