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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
Research: Protecting adults at risk across council boundaries
The Social Care Institute for Excellence has worked with London councils, the police and the NHS to produce guidelines on safeguarding adults
30 September 2011
Helping care home managers navigate the Dols
What must care home managers bear in mind when residents might be deprived of their liberty? Manager Kathryn McGuirk discusses her experience of the deprivation of liberty safeguards.
22 November 2011
'The deprivation of liberty safeguards are not dead'
A recent Court of Appeal judgement was described as the death of the deprivation of liberty safeguards. However, best interests assessor Lorraine Currie disagrees, and says Lord Justice Munby's ruling provides useful tools for practitioners.
18 January 2012
How one council boosted social work's quality and status
Social work performance management has become associated with bureaucracy, a negligible impact on quality and poor morale. However, one council says that it has designed and implemented a system that has delivered precisely the opposite.
27 January 2012
Book review: Reminiscence and Life Story Work: A Practice Guide
This book would prove to be an invaluable tool to anyone involved in reminiscence work, from paid carers or family members to trained professionals, writes Ian Taylor.
13 December 2011
Book review: Hearing the Person with Dementia
Recent policy initiatives such as the dementia strategy for England have encouraged an increasing awareness of the needs of people with dementia, writes Dr Elaine Argyle.
26 October 2011
Practice issues in adult safeguarding at a time of cuts
Adult safeguarding consultant Patrick Worthington (pictured) examines the key practice issues facing social care professionals in keeping adults at risk safe at a time of austerity and change
05 December 2011
How retro-styling homes can help elderly people with dementia feel more comfortable
Retro-decorating can help people with dementia to stay at home for longer by placing familiar items from their past in their home to reduce anxiety and to trigger memories. Jeremy Dunning reports
17 November 2011
Research: multiple exclusion homelessness
Michelle Cornes and Jill Manthorpe summarise the findings of the Multiple Exclusion Homelessness Research Programme outlining the key practice implications for social workers
17 November 2011
Tracy Ryan, the country's first dignity co-ordinator
The UK's first dignity in care co-ordinator tells Jeremy Dunning how her role has benefited service users and practitioners alike
16 November 2011
Social work's most influential thinkers
Who are the people whose ideas have done the most to shape the nature of social work? Community Care profiles some of the profession's most influential brain boxes
10 November 2011
How a board game is helping social care staff implement personalisation
A board game that helps staff, providers and service users understand personalisation has succeeded in changing the culture in some organisations, reports Louise Hunt
02 November 2011
UKHCA outlines the rules on rest periods for homecare workers
Colin Angel, policy and campaigns director of the United Kingdom Homecare Association, outlines the association's position regarding the rest periods domiciliary care staff should take while working
02 November 2011
Should SCRs be mandatory when vulnerable adults are killed?
Calls to mandate serious case reviews when adults at risk are murdered fail to recognise there are other ways of learning lessons, finds Natalie Valios
24 October 2011
What is best for a couple with dementia?
Families and partners can often be a source of support, but there are times when the individual needs of couples can be in conflict with each other, paricularly in cases of dementia
26 October 2011
Overcoming social work barriers to person-centred care
Some social care staff struggle to deliver person-centred care. But a report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation offers advice on how many of the perceived barriers can be overcome with the right attitude and commitment
14 October 2011
The role of the social care broker
Personalisation and personal budgets have brought new skills and jobs in social care, including brokerage. But it is unclear what this role involves and who should be doing it. Steve Dowson argues it is best done independently of the local authority rather than by council care managers
19 October 2011
Monitoring duplication blights care home managers' lives
Care home managers are finding their time increasingly taken up by multiple information requests as councils, primary care trusts and the Care Quality Commission each look to monitor standards. Jeremy Dunning reports
18 October 2011
Benefits of home care reablement in the long term
Reablement is popular with service users and although not the cheapest option, may have longer term benefits. Jill Manthorpe reviews the evidence
11 October 2011
