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Safe and Effective Staffing | Royal College of Nursing
Includes data from over 1,829 shifts from care homes which showed that:• 18% of shifts had a shortfall of one or more registered nurses• 47% of shifts were short of one or more health care support workers• 24% of nurses were temporary staff (bank or agency)• 20% of health care support workers were temporary staff […]
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Antipsychotic #carehome drug data call in Wales
Older People’s Commissioner for Wales Sarah Rochira said the use of drugs to manage “challenging behaviour” in dementia patients was “totally unacceptable”. She said robust data was needed to determine the true scale of the issue. She raised the matter at the assembly’s health committee inquiry. In written evidence, Ms Rochira said a “national mechanism” […]
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Inspiring and supporting music in care homes
A Choir in Every #CareHome is an initiative to explore how music and singing can feature regularly in care homes across the country. They have launched an online toolkit to inspire and support care homes to bring music into the lives of residents. This is a free resource with practical ideas on how to introduce […]
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Registered manager membership in England goes from strength to strength
Sharon Allen, CEO Skills for Care in England writes: In a rather different enews, I want to share some of the best features and articles that our registered manager members of Skills for Care have received over the last 18 months in their monthly newsletters. Our members’ newsletter is packed with useful information and articles […]
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Bold People’s Residential Care in 10
Pat Bailey, long-standing Residential Forum member, shares some personal thoughts about the type of culture she likes #registeredmanagers to cultivate in #carehomes for older people Use plain speaking Be brave about relationships with residents Find out what people need and want – do it Have fun Make time for staff to get to know residents […]
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No Wrong Door
No Wrong Door is a new way of providing support to young people who are within or on the edge of the care system. It replaces traditional council-run young peoples’ homes with hubs which combine residential care with fostering. North Yorkshire have created two hubs, one in Scarborough to serve the east of the […]
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Children’s Homes: What were they really like? Have they a future?
A Child Care History Network seminar will be held on Wednesday 1 November 2017 at 10.30 a.m. at Hinsley Hall, 62, Headingley Lane, Leeds, LS6 2BX Aims of the Seminar The twin aims of the day are to provide a realistic picture of what life was like in children’s homes in the past, and to […]
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A review of ‘Saving Social Care’ by Neil Eastwood
How can we find the compassionate and loyal care workers of tomorrow? Every so often a book comes along that has the potential to make a real difference – and deserves to be a best seller. This is quite some achievement when it’s a professional book … and the topic is social care! I confess […]
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Six times less likely: Care leavers and their paths to higher education
The state has intervened in the lives of children in care and care leavers in the most extreme way, taking them away from their birth families and assuming responsibility for them. We all share a duty to ensure they succeed as adults. Listed as an under-represented group in government guidance to the Director of Fair […]
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Arts in care homes – SCIE
Involving people who live in care homes in the creative arts can delight, inspire and even bring health benefits. This resource offers care teams, including activity providers, many practical ideas on how to get started. Written in association with the National Activity Providers Association (NAPA), this guidance will show you how to encourage participation in […]
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Moving between hospital and home, including care homes – SCIE
A quick guide for registered managers of care homes and home care Published: September 2017 Registered managers and their teams play an important role in supporting people when they are transferring in and out of hospital. This quick guide provides a brief overview of how managers can work with hospitals to ensure a good experience […]
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What care homes can do to improve life for their residents
Person-centred care means offering people choice, control and respect – something smaller services specialise in. Here’s how others can do it…… Sophie Chester-Glyn Larger homes must endeavour to feel homely: whether this is through the smell of home baking or simply having a Netflix night. Photograph: Emily Hancock/Getty/Mint Images What care homes can do to […]
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Housing our ageing population | Local Government Association
Housing our ageing population | Local Government Association
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Around 30 delegates from around Britain were able to attend a recent free Reframing Residential Care leadership seminar. Held in in collaboration between CommonAge and The Residential Forum, and hosted in London UK by Trowers & Hamlins LLP, Andrew Larpent OBE, and Jo Boylan, Operations Director of Southern Cross Care in South Australia shared experiences […]
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Commonage
Free seminar, in collaboration with The Residential Forum, and hosted by Trowers & Hamlins LLP, CommonAge Chair Andrew Larpent OBE, and Jo Boylan, Operations Director of Southern Cross Care in South Australia shared experiences and evidence gained from the implementation of innovative alternative approaches. These are transforming traditional models of residential care in Australia. Attended […]
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Nursery opens in care home giving residents a ‘new lease of life’
Benefits and challenges of co-location In Japan, the first formal combined nursery and care home was opened in Tokyo in 1976, and became an established trend. By the 1990s the idea had moved to America, of which the best-known co-location is called Providence Mount St Vincent in Washington, where the older residents are offered […]
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Children’s homes open at fastest rate in five years | Children & Young People Now
Children’s homes are opening at the fastest rate in five years, figures from Ofsted reveal. There are now 2,145 homes operating in England. The inspectorate’s annual children’s social care statistics show that at 31 March 2017 there were 2,145 homes operating in England. This marks a four per cent increase on the previous year’s 2,071. […]
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Numbers fall ‘rapidly’ but new #carehomes offering more places
The last five years have seen a reduction in the number of residential and nursing homes operating in England: 1,400 fewer homes. The long-term trend of increasing numbers of nursing home beds and decreasing numbers of residential home beds has come to a halt. This paper captures the keys points of a presentation given by […]
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