A new initiative announced recently that seeks to ease the burden on both the NHS and social care, coined ‘NHS Airbnb’, raises serious concerns.
Under the...
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Loneliness and social isolation are a growing problem in the UK; having a negative impact on the health of many older adults. Therefore, to overcome this in a...
‘Some people are gay. Get over it’. That was the slogan on T shirts that started in 2007. These days you can get variations that cover the whole LGBTQI+...
Debbie Sorkin on how promoting wellbeing in the broadest sense is what social care is for
For this month’s Care Talk, I want to look particularly at the...
Infection Control is an essential discipline within the healthcare industry, and one which has shown significant improvement in recent years.
In 2014, it was...
“It’s coming into work to the smell of freshly baked bread in the morning that made the biggest difference to our whole approach to food and what food...
Nutrition and hydration are one of the most important aspects of delivering care. As people lose capacity to do many of the things that they have enjoyed in...
Life is full of uncertainties, the only certainty we all face is death. The estimated number of deaths worldwide per minute is 108. (CIA World Factbook...
A broad translation of this French phrase ‘laissez faire’ means ‘to let go”. In England in the 19th century the laissez faire movement saw the...
Over the years older people’s residential care has gone from being a lifestyle choice to one that that supports people who have many health problems and...
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