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  • 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 and unannounced inspections. It is our...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-29-2008
  • 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 Telegraph. It reports On Friday the Care Standards...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-07-2008
  • 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 of care and treatment of staff in homes that they...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-16-2008
  • 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 to. I have to say honestly, I [...]
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-01-2008
  • 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 Southern Cross are the largest provider and operator...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-02-2008
  • 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news that when staff in care homes talk to residents with dementia, it helps to prevent the residents from becoming withdrawn.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 At the risk of being a little cynical, one does...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-03-2008
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