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Resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly on 18 December 2009 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/64/434)] 64/142. Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children
Extract on Residential Care 123. Facilities providing residential care should be small and be organized around the rights and needs of the child, in a setting as close as possible to a family or small group situation. Their objective should generally be to provide temporary care and to contribute actively to the child’s family […]
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When he and his wife, Shirley, took on the #carehome there were days out, shopping visits. They had a minibus. No more. The residents very frail, shortage of staff, insurance, risk assessments; pile that lot together and you have a mountain to climb News and Comment from Roy Lilley Source: campaign.r20.constantcontact.com
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Handovers in care homes for older people – their type, timing and usefulness. Findings from a scoping review
JO MORIARTY (a1), VALERIE LIPMAN (a1), CAROLINE NORRIE (a1), REKHA ELASWARAPU (a1) … https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X17001301 Published online: 27 November 2017 Abstract There is a considerable body of literature on the importance of effective shift handovers in hospitals and other health-care settings but less is known about the transfer of information between staff starting and completing stints […]
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Ombudsman calls for councils to be clear on care home costs
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman is reminding councils across England they must give families accurate information when placing relatives in care homes, following an investigation into a complaint against Lincolnshire County Council. The investigation found a family was not told about the possibilities available to them when their father was placed in a […]
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Pressure Points: learning from Serious Case Reviews of failures of care and pressure ulcer problems in care homes Presentation from Prof Jill Manthorpe, Director of the Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London. (More on this research) Source: kcl.ac.uk
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Owen Ashby – Targeting training to tackle unconscious incompetence Some important implications in here for recruitment, supervision, appraisal and training in care homes in this useful presentation. For example what constitutes conscious competence in safeguarding practice? Situational judgement sits very neatly into values-based approaches to workforce development.
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It Doesn’t Take Much To Improve My Day Help remove feelings of loneliness, helplessness and boredom from your care setting. The easy-to-read and understand Dignity in Dementia Care Training Guide for Care and Nursing homes provides a wealth of information that can help your staff understand more about supporting people with dementia. The Guide aims […]
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I work in a care home / Who / The Unforgettable Blog • Unforgettable.org
I work in a care home / Who / The Unforgettable Blog • Unforgettable.org
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14 cooking and kitchen activity ideas for care home residents
Whether it’s guess the food, sandwich making or polishing cutlery, there are lots of cooking-related activities that you can do to keep people living in a care home engaged and happy The kitchen is often seen as the heart of the home, so it can be difficult for people with dementia to arrive in a […]
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Preventing malnutrition in later life
A selection of resources aimed at those in care homes from the Malnutrition Taskforce
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Some people in care just need a little help to keep active, and that often means taking part in something as simple as helping to prepare a meal or going for a short walk.
We know being supported to take part in everyday activities that many people take for granted, but which can become more difficult as we get older, can have a tremendously positive effect on people’s quality of life and their experience of care. When people are supported to take part in activities of their own choosing, […]
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Social care commentary: children’s homes
Eleanor Schooling of OFSTED writes that it is possible for homes to support ‘hard-to-place’ children and still achieve a good or better inspection outcome. She says: Today, I want to talk about the children living in children’s homes. While the majority of children looked after live in foster placements, around one in 12 children live […]
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Care standards and CQC
Organisations that provide care must meet standards required by law The information on this page tells you what standards you should expect, and what you can do if you are worried about the quality of the care that you or the person you look after receives. Note: the Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspects care services […]
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Food for Thought
Food based training, assessment and intervention tools for carers of looked after young people Food for Thought explores the ways in which food is used symbolically by children, foster carers and residential staff. It looks at how food comes to stand for thoughts, beliefs and feelings and how these can be better understood and harnessed […]
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Leaving Care | Europe | Projects
Leaving Care | Europe | Projects
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Safer food, better business supplement for residential care homes
Safer food, better business supplement for residential care homes
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The power of food in aiding transition
A long-standing friend died in the summer just passed. She had only a few weeks to get used to the fact she was at the end of her life. And at 70 it was all too short. Des Kelly tells of how he was with her on the day she transferred from hospital to a […]
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Doing research in care homes
Enabling Research in Care Homes: ENRICH This website is a simple, practical guide for researchers, care home staff, research funders and research network staff. Developed by the Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (DeNDRoN) it draws on work from the NIHR School for Social Care Research (SSCR). It provides information, tools, case studies and further […]
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Care Plans – who are they for?
Helen Sanderson has started to talk to John Kennedy about policies, procedures and paperwork in #carehomes. They ask: Care Plans – what are they for? Who are they for? Staff or inspectors? Are Care Plans evidence-based practice? Do Care Plans get in the way of care? They conclude: Perhaps the time has come for a […]
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PowerPoint Presentation – Jo-Boylan-Healthy-ageing-UK-2017-.pdf
To view the presentation slides, click here. She encourages you to act now, and by doing so your positive action will: prevent or delay avoidable decline, regardless of age or illness give access to interventions that promote health and wellbeing, with every interaction identify frailty early and reverse it through a dedicated recovery plan support […]
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