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Engaging the public on how to improve residential care
Care homes are being asked to invite the public into their premises to discuss what makes residential care and how services can be improved, in a month-long campaign.
24 May 2012
Integrated teams required to deliver healthcare in care homes
Multi-disciplinary teams should be set up to ensure that care home residents get the healthcare services that they need, says Professor Finbarr Martin, president of the British Geriatrics Society.
22 May 2012
Social care managers committed yet undervalued, finds poll
Registered managers are highly committed to their roles but most do not feel valued, a National Skills Academy for Social Care survey has found.
04 May 2012
Care home managers 'must not be hidden behind office door'
Residential care managers must provide visible leadership for staff and residents, rather than be "hidden behind an office door", to ensure good practice, says a guide to the role published by the Social Care Association.
10 April 2012
How to check whether your services are good enough
Providers must ensure their internal compliance mechanisms go beyond checklists to avoid poor practice, says consultant and former Care Quality Commission inspector Sughra Nazir.
27 March 2012
Care providers challenged to stop bidding for low-fee tenders
Care providers should cease bidding for council contracts at prices they feel are too low to deliver the specified service, incoming Association of Directors of Adult Social Services president Sarah Pickup has said.
20 April 2012
How one care home handled challenging pressure sore case
Care home nurse Sandra Hambett reflects on how she dealt with a seemingly intractable case involving a resident who had developed pressure sores but refused painkillers that would have helped her treat them.
04 May 2012
Private equity firm buys up UK's biggest care home provider
A private equity firm has bought up the country's biggest care home provider, Four Seasons Health Care, in a move that will "significantly reduce" the company's £780m debt burden.
30 April 2012
Ex-CQC inspector arrested over alleged provider bribery
A former Care Quality Commission inspector was arrested today on suspicion of pressurising care providers to pay for favourable inspection reports.
26 April 2012
Care managers polled on working lives and support needs
The National Skills Academy for Social Care wants to hear from registered managers about the issues they face and their support needs.
17 April 2012
Care homes urged to share good practice
Care homes are being urged to share examples of good practice to help shape wider improvements to services.
17 February 2012
Hospital visits lower for care home than home care clients
Care home residents are less likely to end up in hospital than users of intensive home care, research has revealed. (Image: Alamy)
29 March 2012
Deprivation of liberty safeguards guide for care homes
Care homes sometimes find it difficult to identify when they are depriving a resident of their liberty. Here deprivation of liberty safeguards expert John Leighton sets out what they need to look out for.
07 November 2011
CQC: Care homes failing to train staff in deprivation of liberty
Many care homes have failed to provide staff with appropriate deprivation of liberty safeguards training, leading to poor practice and human rights breaches, the Care Quality Commission warned today. (Image: Rex)
27 March 2012
Scotland makes it happen
Scotland
is pressing ahead with plans to bring free personal care to everyone.
18 January 2001
Care home scoops top award at Skills for Care Accolades
A learning disability care home has won the top award at the annual Skills for Care Accolades, which celebrate the best social care employers in England.
09 March 2012
Care home residents lack access to healthcare
Care home residents are struggling to get access to GPs and routine medicines, and more than half of primary care trusts do not offer access to the full range of health services residents may need, a report warns today. (Image: Rex Features)
07 March 2012
Poor staffing levels undermine human rights in nursing homes
Poor staffing levels are undermining human rights in nursing homes by creating an "accepted indignity" in which residents are left wet or soiled for lengthy periods until staff become available. (Image: Alamy)
06 March 2012
Many deprived of liberty without safeguards, warn experts
Many vulnerable service users are being deprived of their liberty without safeguards because of the narrow scope of the law, experts have warned.
29 February 2012
'Monitor providers' finances to stop another Southern Cross'
The Scottish government should consider introducing financial health checks on larger social care providers to prevent another Southern Cross-style collapse, Audit Scotland said today.
01 March 2012
