A 24-hour service is provided to over 400,000 residents of care homes across the UK. According to the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) guidelines, all care workers must perform

Wherever we work, difficult people are a fact of life and they can often seem to come at us from every angle.  It could be a difficult colleague, boss or

For Ian McLoughlin, moving into a care home has given him a new lease of life. Dan Parton reports. Ian McLoughlin had always been an independent sort. The retired army

With a diverse and dispersed range of clients, sites and services, there are significant gains for local authorities that adopt mobile computing solutions.  Dave Ashcroft, project manager, explains North Lanarkshire

Matthew Rowland, Senior Product Manager Care Division of ThirdForce, the UK’s leading compliance training and e-learning provider, highlights one approach that could be used to tackle the issue of neglect

Evidence-based practice (EBP) has gradually been accepted by different professional groups as a central tenet of professionalism.  Within the care-related professions, Medicine, Nursing and Psychology are well ahead of Social

With its radical moves to combine collective accommodation and social care, cohousing could revolutionise life for the elderly in Britain. Andrew Chilvers, from www.bettercaring.com, a unique consumer website that combines

Homecare re-ablement is a concept that may be unfamiliar to many in Scotland.  But, in Edinburgh at least, it is about to become better known. Edinburgh City Council is to

Most Britons shudder at the thought of moving into a care home. But they shouldn’t. Andrew Chilvers, from www.bettercaring.com, a unique consumer website that combines a comprehensive care home search

From next month (April), a new grading system for every care service in Scotland is to be introduced by the care regulator, the Care Commission. Care homes, child care services