Engage: The future of care home provision in the UK
We all need extra help and assistance sometimes, whether we have an illness or are just getting older. The UK population is living longer than ever before. According to the
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Overtime Outrage: Care workers are putting in more than 13 extra days of work a year
A good work-life balance is important and it’s something we often talk about. In today’s ‘always on’ culture it can feel like the lines between work and personal life are
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Serious Case Review: Melissa Mathieson – Bristol Safeguarding Adults Board (BSAB)
The Bristol Safeguarding Adults Board has today (28 Sept) published a Serious Case Review in the case of Melissa Mathieson, an 18 year old woman who was murdered in 2014
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Resources: My Childminding Experience & Your Childminding Journey – Care Inspectorate
Scotland’s five and a half thousand childminders are providing high quality early learning childcare, according to the Care Inspectorate, and two new resources launched today will help them continue to
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Report: Northern Ireland Social Care Council – Annual Report and Accounts 2016/17
The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) Annual Report and Accounts 2016/17 gives an account of the financial management and achievements of the regulator over the year. Highlights Include Roll-out
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Resources: Using Creative Arts In Care Homes To Improve Residents’ Lives (SCIE)
Creative arts can delight and inspire residents who live in care homes. A new useful online resource offers practical guidance on how to engage residents in creative arts, such as
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Habib wins national award for transforming his life while mentoring care leavers
A graduate from De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) who who fled Afghanistan alone at the age of 16 has been crowned ‘outstanding individual learner’ at this year’s Festival of Learning
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Webwatch: New App to enhance home and hospital environments for dementia sufferers
A new app could help enhance home and hospital environments for elderly people and those with dementia, by asking them to give feedback on their surroundings. The University of Stirling’s
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Workers feel pressure to be available out of hours on mobiles or email
Firms are failing to tackle the “always on” culture in the workplace despite the impact of modern communications on their staff, new research reveals. A study showed that workers felt
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Webwatch: Expert warns mental health self-assessment tool ‘may do harm than good’
A move by Google that enables people to check online whether they are clinically depressed could do more harm than good, an expert has warned. Google has teamed up with
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