When Sandra Brockley’s husband Charlie was diagnosed with dementia, they both found comfort and support in attending dementia support groups in their home...
Archive - May 2019
The Pompey legend, Alan Knight, visited Portsmouth’s social care provider, Community Integrated Care, to celebrate the launch of its pioneering social...
Jack Brown – Sports coach to care home activities leader
Each month we profile a care professional who has come into the sector after a career change and...
I love advocacy. In certain situations it might be hard to get one’s voice heard, to access information and to know ones’ rights. In such circumstances...
Imagine a situation where an important life decision was taken away from you. Many of us couldn’t image someone else making a decision about how we live our...
My arthritis won’t stop me being hands on!
Isabel Ngwenya, Support Worker, Shine Partnerships
My name is Isabel Ngwenya and at 37 years of age, my story is...
When I co-founded Person Centred Software with my brother, Simon, we combined our knowledge of social care with cloud-based technology to invent a new way of...
It is a given that we all want to live well in later life. So too is ensuring that social care support delivers maximum taxpayer value for money.
Yet, despite...
Care Home Open Day was first conceived 7 years ago by a group of care providers who were anxious to change the image of care homes. All too often care homes...
CQC presented its draft Business Plan for 2019/2020 at its April Board meeting. At the core of the plan are four key items, described as CQC’s...






