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Care worker develops her own dementia-friendly app
Care worker Heather Mead found there was a lack of apps available to engage people with dementia – so set up her own business and created a dementia-friendly…
Future-proofing the workforce: flexible training for nurses
Sally Boyle, Head of School in the Faculty of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care at The Open University, discusses recruiting and retaining more nurses through…
Orchard Care Homes give activities some Oomph!
Orchard Care Homes, one of the UK’s leading care providers for the elderly, is pulling out all the stops to create fun, engaging and inclusive activities for its…
4 top tips for electrical appliance safety in your care home
Staff in the care sector need all sorts of electrical appliances to…
Leafield AquaPod Solves the Dregs Problem
Leafield AquaPod Solves the Dregs Problem!
“I want to put my disposable coffee cup in the bin but what should I do with the liquid dregs?” A problem we have…
Safe Heating Transforms Meallmore Care
Safe surface temperature specialists, Contour, have provided a comprehensive, multi-phase LST package to a significant Scottish care organisation.
Due to…
Tonbridge home care provider urges older people to stay hydrated this summer
Following the high temperatures this weekend, local home care provider Bluebird Care Tonbridge and…
Care home’s mini-festival inspired by Glastonbury
A GLASTONBURY inspired mini-festival took place at a Tyneside care home as part of Care Home Open Day.
The annual mega-festival at Worthy Farm, in Somerset,…
Legionella, the care home menace – a coroner’s perspective
Coroner Nicholas Rheinberg writes for Care & Nursing Essentials magazine about the cases he has experienced where Legionella caused the deaths of care…
Three Key Tenets of Outstanding Infection Control
Ben Kilbey, Business Development Manager at Spearhead Healthcare, on achieving outstanding infection control procedures in your care home…
Every care…
Using technology to advantage in health, aged, social services and home care
The CQC fundamental standards highlight the need to support people to express their views and be actively involved in making decisions about their home care,…
CQC calls for improvements to oral health in care homes
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has today published the findings of an in-depth review on the state of oral…
Get to know your neighbours with a Big Lunch
Live-in care provider celebrate their community by treating residents to a Big Lunch with their neighbours. The Big Lunch is the biggest annual get together for…
Care homes choose the Meiko 3 and 5-year “No-Bills” guarantee
Care homes increasingly choose Meiko’s 3 and 5-year “No-Bills” guarantee, available on warewashing and washer/disinfector appliances.
Meiko UK is a…
The 25th Moving & Handling People conference: all new programme for 2019
Moving and Handling People 2019 returns for its 25th year on 7th and 8th August with an optional. New Products Showcase on the evening of the 6th. Moving &…
More NHS care workers essential for a brighter future
Advances in healthcare and higher living standards means the UK’s over-65 population is set to increase by almost half by the mid-2030s and the number of people…
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Garden Project for Dementia Clients
Anastasia Barnes, a senior occupational therapist at the Emerald Centre in Colchester, was the proud winner of the Cosyfeet OT Award 2018. The £1000 award helped to…
How social care providers can retain staff for longer
Although recruitment within the social care industry is important in order to attract the right people into your organisation, retaining good current members of staff…
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PolyCoversDirect is a UK based manufacturer of High Impact PVC radiator covers.
Established in 2006 and now part of the Oadby Plastics Group of companies,…
British healthcare in crisis
Jonathan Bruce, Managing Director at Prestige Nursing + Care, discusses the need for politicians to focus on the future of healthcare.
They say a week…
Social group for the elderly aims to tackle isolation
TACKLING isolation is the aim of a new community group for elderly people living in Pelton and the surrounding area.
The Hawthorn Project & Eat With Me…
Toddlers and elderly both benefit from joint play
TEESSIDE toddlers and elderly care home residents are taking part in mutually beneficial intergenerational sessions.
Drawing, dancing, singing and chatting…
Platform to help seniors stay independent longer
A platform to help seniors stay independent longer and improve their quality of life
Future Healthcare returns to London in 2019
Future Healthcare is the UK’s only exhibition and conference showcasing healthcare products and services to a global audience. Taking place at Olympia London from 18-…
Unique training programme launched at Encore Care Homes
Son of local care home resident launches unique training programme at Encore Care Homes
Encore Care Homes has added a new module to its successful ‘Mind the…
Cats and care home residents make purrfect friends
CARE home residents enjoyed a close encounter with cats at a Sheffield café – bringing back memories of their own kitties.
Several residents living at The…
3 New Faux Leather Fabrics for Contract Interiors
Skopos is excited to bring to market 3 new flame retardant, Crib 5 faux leathers this month. With 3 distinctly different finishes, the faux leathers provide a neat…
Ensuring free movement for care residents
Fire safety regulations require care settings to have heavy and self-closing fire doors on resident’s…
National fundraiser focuses the organisation on health, fitness and wellbeing
Care UK’s national fundraiser focuses the organisation on health, fitness and wellbeing
Hundreds of Care UK’s care home team members, residents and their…