What Will 2020 Hold For Care Providers?
2019 has been a tumultuous year for social care providers, culminating in a heated general election campaign. Care providers will be looking to government for… Read More
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Professional Comment
How Technology Is Providing The Foundations For Carers To Deliver Compassionate And High Quality Care
With demand for frontline care services continuing to rise, many providers are struggling to cope. The crisis has led some in the NHS to conclude… Read More
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Queens Speech- Government Gives Social Care Pledge Of £1bn A Year For Next Five Years
The government has pledged an extra £1bn each year for the next 5 years for adult social care. In the Queens speech today (December 19)… Read More
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How Care Teams Can Help Those With Dementia Enjoy A Peaceful Christmas
It’s one of the most important events on the Care Home calendar, yet for the 70 percent of care home residents in the UK, who… Read More
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When Are Covert Recordings Deemed Acceptable?
Tina Chander is a partner and head of the Employment team at leading Midlands law firm, Wright Hassall Over the last decade, the issue of… Read More
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What Technology Can Reveal About Your Care Home and How it Can Help Ensure it Meets CQC Standards
Changes to the PIR or Provider Information Return only came into force in August, but they herald an important sea-change in the inspection process. In… Read More
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Don’t Undervalue Our National Treasures
By Mario Kreft MBE, Chair of Care Forum Wales The people who work in care homes and domiciliary care companies are national treasures and they… Read More
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Can Body Cameras Reduce Violence and Aggression in the Care Industry?
A staggering 71% of care home workers have faced violence and aggression in their workplace, with the most common type of abuse being verbal. In… Read More
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Managing The Performance Of Staff
Sadly, the care home profession is too often in the media for the wrong reasons. Earlier this year, many reported on an “alarming rise in… Read More
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How To Adapt Your Environment For Dementia Care
With one in 14 UK citizens over the age of 65 suffering from dementia , it’s clear that the care sector and society as a… Read More
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Immigration – Settlement Scheme
Are you an EU citizen residing in the UK? If so, you’re probably more than a little concerned about how Brexit will affect you and… Read More
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Will Exercising While Seated Improve the Health of Frail Older Adults?
Volunteer residents at a care home are taking part in a new University of Birmingham study aimed at assessing whether exercising while seated can improve… Read More
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Fall Prevention – Tips to Prevent Falls
If you have suffered a fall in the past or have become a little unsteady it’s only natural to worry about what will happen if… Read More
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Leading the Charge for Positivity in Insurance
Insurance, overall, has a poor reputation. Whether people perceive that they pay large premiums and get nothing back from them, or that greedy insurers do… Read More
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Engagement in Care!
The Care organisations have been under great pressure in recent years, from facing the uncertainty that goes with Brexit to a variety of NHS cuts,… Read More
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