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Mrs J and the Mystery Bristol Care Home

There is a story on the Community Care website this morning about an ombudsman’s report relating a woman, Mrs J, who was placed in a care home in Bristol. lovestruck@flickr This was a care home which was not only rated ‘poor’ or had no stars under the...

Published 21 Jun 2011 6:34 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, older people, dementia, work, mental health, old age, politics, elderly, long-term care, carer, csci, local government, Home Care, nursing home, Commission for Social Care Inspection, personal, Care Quality Commission, Standard of care, bristol, care homes in bristol, Local Government Ombudsman
CQC and Southern Cross – a retrospective

I’ve bemoaned both the changes in the CQC and the financial troubles of Southern Cross over the last few years since I started writing this blog. For today, a bit of a ‘lazy post’ – I thought I’d collate all the posts that I’d made on those two subjects...

Published 7 Jun 2011 6:58 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, older people, work, old age, elderly, long-term care, csci, Southern Cross, Southern Cross Healthcare Group, nursing home, links, personal, Care Quality Commission, cqc, health and social care, social work links, Barbara Young
Britain’s Homecare Scandal

I saw Panorama last night. It was an undercover report into the poor state of home care services provided to elderly people in their own homes by a few private companies. I wish I could say some of the findings surprised me, but they didn’t. Some of the...

Published 10 Apr 2009 5:41 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, older people, work, local authority, old age, elderly, uk, health, csci, direct payments, local government, Home Care, Commission for Social Care Inspection, Care Quality Commission, cqc, panorama, home care agency, domiciliary care, poor home care, bbc1
Inspections

Much has been written in the press and heard on the news over the past day about the inspection report that Haringey received from Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education, Childrens Services and Skills) that deemed that a ‘good’ service...

Published 2 Dec 2008 6:07 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, local authority, csci, local government, Haringey, uk social services, social services inspections, Office for Standards in Education Children's Services, Ofsted, Sharon Shoesmith, care commission, inspections
On Inspection

The Commission for Social Care Inspection have a system of rating residential and nursing homes. I have written about it before. I possibly didn’t state obliquely how cynical I have become of this system even though the cynicism was always there...

Published 11 Oct 2008 5:06 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, older people, work, local authority, elderly, long-term care, uk, health, residential home, csci, nursing home, Commission for Social Care Inspection, England, cmht, inspections by csci, registered residential home, Care of residents, cpn, Inspection
Rated Good

The Commission for Social Care Inspection inspect and rate every registered care home in England - as well as every agency that provides care for others. The website provides access to inspection reports on every facility in England - both announced inspections...

Published 29 Sep 2008 6:10 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: residential care, social care, social work, work, learning disability, long-term care, health, csci, nursing home, Commission for Social Care Inspection, England, victoria house darlington, advocacy in darlington, winnie care, victoria house, Darlington
Alton Centre - a further update

I do feel obliged to update on the Alton Centre run by Active Care - a subsidiary of Southern Cross - just as I have been following the story. Active Care won their appeal against closure yesterday and it is reported in the local Northamptonshire Evening...

Published 7 Sep 2008 12:20 PM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, work, learning disability, local authority, long-term care, health, csci, Southern Cross, Commission for Social Care Inspection, active care, northamptonshire, Alton Centre, care standards tribunal, norwyn cole
Active Care? Another tale of Southern Cross

I write a few months ago about the difficulties faced by Southern Cross Healthcare but a quick recap a) They are the largest private operator of residential and nursing care in the UK b) Big financial problems c) Some disparate concerns about quality...

Published 16 Aug 2008 6:42 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: residential care, social care, social work, social issues, older people, work, socialcare, nursing care, learning disability, local authority, old age, elderly, long-term care, uk, health, care home, csci, southern cross healthcare, physical disabilities, active care, the alton centre, northamptonshire, business, northants evening telegraph
Second Sight in Risk Assessment

I came across this story yesterday which was published in the Rye and Battle Observer about a 92 year old man who hanged himself because he was unable to cope at home and had been told he might not be placed in a residential home although he had asked...

Published 1 Aug 2008 6:25 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, older people, work, old age, long-term care, health, carer, csci, United Kingdom, respite care, Commission for Social Care Inspection, risk assessment, risk
Trouble at Southern Cross

Both The Times and The Guardian reported that Southern Cross Healthcare Group have been launched into some kind of financial crisis following the failure to repay a loan of some £46 million. Times are getting harder and a lot of firms are failing - but...

Published 2 Jul 2008 2:43 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: residential care, social care, social work, social issues, older people, work, old age, elderly, long-term care, uk, housing, health, care home, csci, Southern Cross, Southern Cross Healthcare Group, nursing home
It’s good to talk

The Commission of Social Care Inspection are, according to the BBC, reporting the groundbreaking news that when staff in care homes talk to residents with dementia, it helps to prevent the residents from becoming withdrawn. twenty_questions @flickr...

Published 3 Jun 2008 5:01 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, older people, dementia, work, mental health, old age, elderly, long-term care, uk, health, alzheimers, care home, residential home, csci

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