High levels of staff transience, combined with a sometimes unattractive reputation for the adult social care sector, means it is often a challenge to attract and…
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The future of social care post-Brexit
Stephen Wilson, CEO of Netli.co, discusses the impact which the points-based immigration system could have on…
Are your care home's LST radiators harbouring bacteria?
It’s essential for care and nursing homes to be easy and efficient to clean as it has to be done so often. Care homes can become quite busy as the staff occupy the…
Keeping your care home hygienic
Keeping your care home hygienic: Making sure residents are healthy and happy
Safe hygiene practices, infection control and health and wellbeing play a major…
Why is a Lasting Power Of Attorney so important?
Nicola Finbow, Head of Private Client at Clough & Willis Solicitors, discusses why…
Medical oxygen fires: how better safety can save lives
There is a need for more training and education around the risk of medical oxygen fires, explains Richard Radford, Managing Director of medical gas control specialist…
Beating the flu in care homes this winter
Influenza (commonly known as the “flu”) season is in full swing. This usually brings a chorus of sniffs and sneezes as people across the UK battle through illness.…
Screening and Treating Malnutrition in Community Care Settings
Malnutrition is a major clinical and public health problem in the UK. It’s estimated that over 3 million people are malnourished, with 93% living in the community and…
Eyecare – we care!
If you are looking after elderly people in residential care, they may need assistance with mobility,…
Eating Disorders in the Elderly – Are we taking the threat seriously?
Challenged to conjure the image of a person with an eating disorder, who are you going to picture?
Someone female perhaps? Skeletal? And, most likely…an…
Borough Care Residents Explore Wonderland Festival
Residents from Borough Care’s Meadway Court in Bramhall recently…
Sunrise Senior Living UK and Gracewell Healthcare Celebrate Excellence
Sunrise Senior Living UK and Gracewell Healthcare have celebrated brilliance across the organisation, at…
What can Going Digital look like?
This a question we are often asked at Care Vision and more so in the social sare industry. It is seen as…
How can we take action against dementia using technology?
In the UK, someone develops dementia every three minutes, and the Alzheimer’s Society estimates that the number of people living alone with the condition will double…
Care technology plays growing role in facilities for the elderly and infirm
Electronic systems are helping operators in the growing care homes sector to provide caring environments that are not only comfortable and friendly, but also safe,…
Bupa care home workers recruited via youth scheme
A group of young Bupa care home workers were recruited to the care sector via a scheme with the Prince's Trust and Barclays/ The next steps for Bupa's partnership…
How Bupa care home workers are keeping control of their finances
Bupa recently introduced the income-streaming app, Wagestream, which will allow nearly 11,000 colleagues to…
Borough Care Appoints New Area Manager
Borough Care has promoted Nerys Carpenter to the position of Area Manager. Nerys was previously Home Manager of Borough Care’s Shepley House in Hazel Grove. Borough…
Naidex 46: Aspiring for a Better Future of Independent Living
Naidex 2020 and all co-located events postponed due to coronavirus. The show will confirm the new dates by Monday 16th March. For more details, please visit…
Call for volunteers for study into benefits of singing for people with dementia
The transformative power of singing for people with dementia was brought to the public’s attention in the recent BBC1 documentary, ‘Our Dementia Choir with Vicky…
Does the UK Government need to rethink social care?
Nine in ten over 55 say UK Government needs to rethink social care for the older population
Audley…
Spotlight on Infection Control
In the lead up to National Bug Busting Day on 31st January, MediSupplies is raising awareness of…
Offering extensive cost savings on disposable gloves
Disposable gloves are essential in protecting the wellbeing of employees, controlling the spread of infection and preventing possible cross-contamination. Ensuring…
What makes a safe home for the elderly?
It can be very difficult to imagine what it is like to be old; especially if you are very young and in good health. But imagine you could put on a pair of glasses…
Inject new life into rooms with interior landscaping
Inject new life into rooms with interior landscaping: a cost effective way to refresh decor and increase physical and mental health
The…
Ensuring effective hygiene and infection control in care
Trish Smith is general manager at Red Roofs Residential Care Home, part of Red Homes Healthcare. Trish joined the home in 1988, moving through the ranks to…
Sensory rooms: six mistakes care homes need to avoid
Most care professionals are well aware of the benefits of sensory rooms – they are spaces which offer a calming, soothing environment or can trigger reactions and…
Tunstall Healthcare's new nurse call system set to shake up industry
Connected care and health solutions provider Tunstall Healthcare has launched an innovative and revolutionary nurse call system, Tunstall Carecom.
Already…
Want to improve your care environment for residents and staff?
New, revolutionary lighting - ‘Circadian Plus’ by amBX will transform your care environment by providing elite benefits. Research has proven that circadian lighting,…
Stevenage nursing home residents visit primary school for lunch
School caterers HCL, alongside a primary school in Hertfordshire, are piloting a new project that brings elderly people from local care homes into school so children…
Care Sector Ball confirms headline partners for 2020
The leading supporters for the care sector's biggest fundraising event have been confirmed for 2020. Specialist care provider,…
Bluebird Care Ranked 16th on Top 100!
Bluebird Care, the UK’s largest homecare provider, has ranked 16th on the prestigious …