Government emergency funding during the pandemic did not benefit staff in care homes.
According to Amy Horton lecturer at University College London and researcher for Financial Impacts of Covid on Care Homes, new research...
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- Apr 18
- 3 min
Recruitment and retention of staff in care homes
In the end, care home providers will have to increase staff pay and improve conditions if they are to retain them. The recruitment and...
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- Mar 20
- 3 min
Care home residents dress up as their favourite movie characters prior to the Oscars
Among all the doom and gloom in social care, it is good to hear of a brighter note emanating from the Lovell Place and Meryton Place care...
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- Mar 9
- 3 min
UK care home numbers shrank in 2022 (first time in 3 years)
Number of care homes in the UK shrank in 2022 for the first time in three years. Social care is hitting the headlines again but for all...
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- Feb 27
- 3 min
Report found two thirds of older adults would resist going into a care home
Financial Services Just Group Report found two thirds of older adults would resist going into a care home. According to a study carried...
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- Feb 22
- 3 min
Physical activity needs to be embedded into the culture of care homes
We all know that physical activity is of benefit to our health and welfare. But it becomes even more important to residents who live in...
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- Feb 13
- 3 min
Responding to noncompliance in CQC Inspection Report in care homes, domiciliary care and supported l
Readers of my recent articles will; be aware that I have covered topics on the understanding internal audits and the carrying out of an...
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- Feb 10
- 3 min
CQC compliance audit in care homes, domiciliary care and supported living services
CQC compliance is typically described as adhering to obligations derived from applicable laws, regulations, values, sanctions, ethics,...
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- Jan 31
- 3 min
Understanding the purpose and benefits of auditing in care homes, domiciliary care and supported liv
The aim of social care is to improve, or maintain, the quality of peoples’ lives, and their wellbeing, by providing quality of care that...
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- Jan 23
- 3 min
Nicola Sturgeons offer of 40p per hour pay increase for Scotland’s care workers is derisory
I sometimes wonder if politicians in the UK live on the same planet as the rest of us. At a time when nurses are going on strike because...
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- Jan 16
- 3 min
Concern that freeing up beds in Scotland’s hospitals could lead to visiting bans
The Care Home Relatives Scotland group are concerned that the plan to move people from hospitals to care homes to relieve bed blocking...
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- Jan 6
- 3 min
Is the increase in the use of agency staff keeping care homes going?
As we begin a new year, I hope that 2023 brings with it a far better outcome for the social care sector and all those who work within it....
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- Dec 7, 2022
- 3 min
Research show music and movement improves the wellbeing of residents in care homes
Among all the doom and gloom emanating from the cost-of-living crises, public sector workers strikes and ‘Putin’s’ War, it was good to...
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- Nov 27, 2022
- 4 min
Should the suppliers of energy to care homes be investigated?
As we all struggle with the crippling cost of energy this winter it came as no surprise to learn that energy suppliers to care homes have...
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- Nov 15, 2022
- 4 min
Demand for social care continues to outstrip availability
The state of social care in England has “never been so bad”, the country’s leading social services chief has said, with half a million...
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- Jun 15, 2022
- 3 min
Care home residents enjoyed a surprise visit from a cute donkey
I thought I had heard it all, that is until this week when I learned that a donkey had made a surprise visit to a care home. It turned...
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- May 30, 2022
- 3 min
Understanding the difference between policies, procedures, protocols, and guidance, PPPGs
It is now over two years since I wrote the blog on ‘understanding the difference between policies, procedures, protocols, and guidance,...
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- May 26, 2022
- 3 min
Demand for homecare set to outstrip care home placements
The impact of Covid continues to have severe consequences for care homes. According to a new report from care introductory agency, Elder,...
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- May 17, 2022
- 3 min
Are you paying too much for your policies and procedures?
A quality management documentation system (policies and procedures) is key to the operation of any social care service. Indeed, the...
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- Apr 21, 2022
- 3 min
Care homes can benefit from greater links with the community
I recently read with some interest of The Belmont care home in Worcester who have partnered with the Warriors Community Foundation to...
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