Bettal success in supporting homecare providers to achieve registration
This year we have seen here at Bettal Quality Consultancy a rapid increase in the number of potential homecare providers seeking our...
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- Mar 2, 2021
- 3 min
A positive outlook is more likely to lead to healthy outcomes in old age
Given the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of many people over the past year, having a positive view of life has never been...
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- Apr 10, 2019
- 3 min
Increased duties of registered managers under the new LPS
Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill, which would introduce LPS. The bill is on the verge of becoming law, but for the House of Commons and...
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- Dec 21, 2018
- 2 min
It's that time of year again
Let’s hope 2019 is a better year for Social Care Services Looking back over the year 2018 I have tried to bring to your attention...
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- Nov 23, 2018
- 3 min
New Skills for Care advice on safe staffing
Skills for Care as part of their ‘Good and Outstanding Range’ have produced guidance for managers on safe staffing. The guide explains...
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- Jul 18, 2018
- 2 min
Extending the range of social activities in care homes
Excellence in residential settings – older people demonstrates the success of this approach in a care home. Meaningful activity can...
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- Jun 13, 2018
- 4 min
CQC Driving Improvement Report
CQC published its Driving Improvement Report. The report sets out how services who had previously been graded as inadequate improved to...
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- Jun 5, 2018
- 5 min
Communicating with someone with dementia
Alzheimer’s Society have published some useful tips on communicating with people with dementia, which may be useful to staff in adult...
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- May 31, 2018
- 3 min
NHS Digital innovation £1m up for grabs for adult social care technology pilots
NHS Digital and managed by the Local Government Association (LGA), with support from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Care...
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- May 16, 2018
- 4 min
A strategy for improving recruitment and retention of staff in social care services
Facing the Facts, Shaping the Future: A Health and Care Workforce Strategy for England to 2027. The adult social care workforce is larger...
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- Apr 25, 2018
- 3 min
Support for providers to comply with the GDPR.
GDPR PrinciplesArticle 5 of the GDPR requires that personal data shall be: (a) processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in...
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- Mar 20, 2018
- 2 min
The importance of hand hygiene in social care settings
World Health Organisation ran a campaign designed to improve hand hygiene and highlighted: The 5 moments of hand hygiene at the point of...
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- Feb 7, 2018
- 3 min
Validation Therapy for people with dementia
Dementia Support suggest there is another method that can help those who care for people with dementia to make a positive connection with...
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- Jan 3, 2018
- 4 min
The unfair practice of self-funding residents subsidising residents
aggregate expenditure has declined in real terms by 8% between 2009/10 and 2015/16 in England. The sector has reported facing challenges...
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- Dec 21, 2017
- 1 min
It that time of year again - Looking back over 2017
crises in social care funding to the use of yoga in care homes. The central purpose of my blogs is to keep you informed of innovative...
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- Nov 16, 2017
- 3 min
Bullying and harassment in the social care workplace
ACAS are an organisation that I greatly respect for their guidance and expertise, and in this blog I provide a short review on their...
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- Oct 19, 2017
- 4 min
New innovation to improve the lives of people with dementia
dementia. Imagine a pub designed for people with dementia, complete with old beer adverts, games of dominoes and darts, a DJ playing a...
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- Oct 11, 2017
- 3 min
CQC Social care services state of care 2014-2017
Background Adult social care is the largest sector that CQC regulates, with a large number and range of providers, a strong private and...
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- Oct 2, 2017
- 3 min
Musical activities improve cognitive abilities and memory recall of people with dementia
Musical activities have been shown to improve the cognitive abilities and memory recall of people with dementia Staff in care homes are...
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