Quality Compliance Systems Welcomes Jackie Pool As Dementia Care Champion
Pioneering dementia care author brings vast knowledge to QCS
Jackie Pool joins QCS today from international care provider Sunrise Senior Living.
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Parklands To Roll Out Rapid Covid Test Programme At Care Homes
A Scottish care home group is to introduce its own rapid response Covid test programme for residents and staff using technology that delivers results within minutes.
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Home Secretary Rejects Call To Include Senior Care Workers To “Shortage Occupations List”
The Home Office has rejected its own migration advisers’ recommendations to make it easier for care sector providers to employ staff from abroad under its post-Brexit immigration system.
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Managing Cultural Change in a Crisis
By Phil Taylor, Chief Digital Officer of RLDatix (www.rldatix.com)
The coronavirus pandemic has magnified a myriad of challenges in the healthcare sector. Whilst there is no magic cure, a change in culture can deliver
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What The Transitional Regulatory Approach Means For Your Care Business
By Mick Feather, Care Business Manager at Citation (www.citation.co.uk)
From 6 October, the transitional regulatory approach began to be rolled out by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
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The Cost Of Care: ‘Stealth Taxes On Care Workers Nets Govt £60m
The UK government is still set to make millions of pounds from migrant care workers by levying ‘stealth taxes’ on those who employ them, despite scrapping a controversial immigration health charge earlier this year.
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Residents At Magnolia Court In Hampstead Are Enjoying New Life Enrichment Opportunities
The fun and laughter has continued at Magnolia Court care home, in Hampstead as residents recently enjoyed trying a gardening session, Halloween Arts and crafts
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Calls For “Mandatory Testing” For Care Home Inspectors
Care home leaders have called for mandatory testing after CQC inspectors reported COVID-19 symptoms.
Freedom of Information (FoI) requests acquired by The Sunday Telegraph have revealed that over 100 CQC inspectors
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Residents At Manor House Care Home Get A Slice Of The GBBO Action
Residents at Manor House care home in Little Weighton experienced a taste of the Great British Bake Off (GBBO) with a selection of cakes and bakes in celebration of the show’s return to TV screens.
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NCF Relaunches Digital Transformation Forum
In this new way of working, care and support providers, like many organisations, are adopting innovative technology to offer improved services within their settings.
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Call For More Support As Covid-19 Deaths Rise
Jump in care home cases worries providers
Worried care providers today called for greater Government support after a steep rise in the number of Covid-19 deaths in care and nursing homes.
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Government Urged To Help People With Disabilities
7 in 10 disabled people employed in March (71%) have been impacted by loss of income, furlough, unemployment or other damaging effects as a result of the pandemic.
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Oktoberfest Celebrations At Huyton Care Home
Keeping up with this year’s theme days, HC-One’s Moss View care home in Liverpool, Merseyside enjoyed a German theme day with their own Oktoberfest.
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Elderly Care Home Residents Create A Halloween Hunt For Local Children
Renaissance Care’s Whitecraigs care home residents are creating their very own Haunted Halloween pebble hunt around Newton Mearns in Glasgow, to give local children an alternative to trick or treating this year.
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Residents Enjoy A Beach In A Box At Lincoln Care Home
Residents at HC One’s White Gables care home spent their time enjoying the beach in a box.
Wellbeing coordinator, Katherine Trever
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