By Gillian Hesketh MA MD Happy Days Dementia Workshop & Nostalgic Design Designers spend weeks, months, even years researching safe environments, product durability, audience potential usage and much more. Founder and designer, Gillian Hesketh of Happy Days Dementia Workshop & ...

Why do many Carers record negatives not positives? This question was asked recently on a NAPA training day by a bewildered Manager. She was working hard to get the whole team to recognise the part they played in offering meaningful ...

Delivering high quality care means social care staff must receive high quality training. With so many options available, choosing the right method of training can be difficult. Our educational games provide a face-to-face training workshop without the expense of a ...

We believe that when we get Dementia Care right – We get All Care right – so this model will support excellence across all needs and sectors – it’s about the person first and last. The next time you communicate ...

The focus of this specially designed game is to get players talking about their preferences, their history, their opinions, and their hopes. It can really boost a player’s morale and confidence knowing someone is interested in them and that they ...

A one-off “Retirement Levy”, to fund residential care, or care support people may require in old age, has been suggested by the Department of Health and the Treasury. It is understood the proposal is being considered as an alternative to ...

The Court of Appeal has reversed an Employment Tribunal judgment which could have cost the care sector £400m in back pay to staff. The ruling relates to social care workers who had been paid a flat rate for shifts where they slept ...

Skills for Care has launched a wellbeing guide to support registered managers and care home managers to better manage their own professional and personal wellbeing. The new guide; ‘Wellbeing for registered managers; a practical survival guide’; is available to registered manager members ...

Developed from our unique LifeRooms™ and LifeWalls™, the new LifeByte™ is a bite size piece of Fun that puts a smile on everyone’s face by bringing back memories of happy times at the Beach, helping to create ‘Little Islands’ of ...

Geopace Training is the UK’s leading provider of Phlebotomy Training Courses delivering accredited and nationally recognised training to the highest of professional standards. All courses adhere to CHS132 – the National Occupational Standard for Phlebotomy and to Skills for Health ...