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• New guide for adult social care employers that employ staff who regularly work alone
  13/09/19

  Skills for Care’s new online guide provides information about what works well for employers that employ staff who regularly work alone.

• It's never too late to start exercising
  13/09/19

  Older people who have never taken part in sustained exercise programmes have the same ability to build muscle mass as highly trained master athletes of a similar age, according to new research at the University of Birmingham.

• Involved & informed: good community medicines support
  13/09/19

  The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), in collaboration with several other partner organisations, has launched a new initiative to encourage better medicines support for people who are receiving social care services in their homes. 

• Learning disability: care and support of people growing older
  13/09/19

  This NICE quality standard covers identifying, assessing and regularly reviewing the care and support needs of people with a learning disability as they grow older.

• Summer edition of Community Living Vol 32, No 4
  13/09/19

  Articles include, protecting vunerable adults and what happened when a support service was withdrawn and the catastrophic consequences.

• Unlocking capacity: smarter together
  13/09/19

  Unlocking capacity: smarter together is a new digital resource promoting good quality, person-centred care through collaborative working across health and adult social care. 

• Driving improvement through technology
  13/09/19

  Technology in health and care services is growing in importance. Digitally-enabled care can offer significant benefits to people who use services and those who run and deliver them. These case studies illustrate some of the developments in use and testing.

• Practice examples of good practice in integrated care
  13/09/19

  A series of local practice examples to shine a light on good practice in integrated care locally

• Ageist Britain?
  13/09/19

  This report aims to shine a light on the issue of casual ageism and the impact that it has on all of us.

• Mental Capacity Act e-learning programme
  13/09/19

  An e-learning resource designed to improve knowledge and understanding of the Mental Capacity Act.