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The importance of handovers in care homes
The importance of handovers in care homes
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Using comprehensive geriatric assessment for quality improvements in healthcare of older people in UK care homes: protocol for realist review within Proactive Healthcare of Older People in Care Homes (PEACH) study | BMJ Open
Care home residents are relatively high users of healthcare resources and may have complex needs. Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) may benefit care home residents and improve efficiency of care delivery. This is an approach to care in which there is a thorough multidisciplinary assessment (physical and mental health, functioning and physical and social environments) and […]
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What’s not to like about advanced practice in a care home setting? What’s not to like about advanced practice in a care home setting? | Opinion | Nursing Times https://www.erskine.org.uk/care/care-homes/ Source: nursingtimes.net
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Care homes could become most common place to die by 2040
Care homes could overtake hospitals as the most common place for people to die, according to new research. Just over a fifth of annual deaths in England and Wales currently occur in care homes, but experts predict the number will more than double by 2040. Experts from King’s College London analysed data for deaths from […]
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Hospices offering more ‘Outstanding’ care than other services
Hospice care across England has the highest percentage of services rated ‘Outstanding’, according to a report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The State of Hospice Services in England, 2014 to 2017 published during Hospice Care Week and ahead of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day has found that 25% of hospices are rated as […]
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What people with dementia want from residential care homes – Protect Taringa
Kate Swaffer explains what people with dementia want from residential care, based on her own experience living with younger onset dementia, as a past care partner advocating for and supporting three people with dementia in residential care, and from feedback she’s gathered during focus groups and interviews with people with dementia around […] What people […]
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Teaching Care Homes
Building on the successful Teaching Care Homes Pilot Programme, FoNS, in partnership with Care England and the Burdett Trust for Nursing, is delighted to announce that it is recruiting a further 5 care homes. The programme involves: Three representatives from each home, the Home Manager, a Registered Nurse and a Care Worker will be the […]
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Extra Care – Topics – Resources – Housing LIN
https://www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/browse/HousingExtraCare/ Extra Care – Topics – Resources – Housing LIN
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I used to, but …
MUSIC is a natural part of life for most children and young people – in school, at home, and in their social lives. Exposure to it and experience of it has huge benefits. But is that the same for looked after children living in residential care? That’s what Creative Scotland wanted to find out. The […]
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Confused by the range of options when it comes to paying for care? Here’s a directory of advisors that can help. https://t.co/1azAs6mNxj
ukcareguide: Confused by the range of options when it comes to paying for care? Here’s a directory of advisors that can help. https://t.co/1azAs6mNxj — UK Care Guide (@UKCareGuide) October 10, 2017 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js from Twitter https://twitter.com/UKCareGuide
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ehospice Hospice UK is proud to be a founding partner of ehospice – the innovative website and free app which is revolutionising access to hospice, palliative and end of life care news, innovation and good practice. http://www.hospiceuk.org/what-we-offer/ehospice
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The Arts and Social Care from Iriss on Vimeo. Skills for Care (SfC), The Baring Foundation and Creative and Cultural Skills, commissioned UK-wide research exploring the role of arts in the delivery of adult social care with a particular emphasis of workforce development. We’ve produced this visual story to give you a flavour of the […]
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Cultural Commissioning – the case for care and health Age of Creativity supports professionals across health, public health, social care and care home providers to learn more about how creative approaches can achieve your outcomes. We can link you to the latest research and connect you to arts professionals that are trained and committed to […]
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We want the regulator to fix care now
Time to put care into the care system Care Needs Care Now – a WHICH campaign. Our care system is at breaking point. People are struggling to find a good care home when they desperately need it. With demand for beds set to rise, the time for action is now. Help us convince the regulator […]
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Do we need to re-think our approach to choice, and giving people with learning disabilities the choices that are spoken of?
There are two points that my Housing LIN viewpoint wishes to highlight: firstly, is there real choice if the housing solution promoted for people with learning disabilities is limited by supply? And secondly, is there real choice if we only offer one solution and thereby make an assumption about what the demand should be? Written […]
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YJB response to Laming Review – GOV.UK
“We want to prevent the unnecessary criminalisation of children who are placed in residential care and so we continue to lobby for the introduction of consistent police responses to children’s homes.” YJB response to Laming Review – GOV.UK
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Secure children’s homes: How to place a child aged under 13
This guide is for local authorities who find it necessary to place a child under 13 in a secure children’s home (SCH) because of concerns about their welfare. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/secure-childrens-homes-how-to-place-a-child-aged-under-13
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Housing with care and support: a snapshot of the sector and its challenges and opportunities
Housing with care and support: a snapshot of the sector and its challenges and opportunities
Making Home Home 