Latest news

• MHA’s Words of Wisdom campaign
  20/03/20

  Celebrating the wisdom of our older people.

• Taking self-directed support back to its roots
  20/03/20

  A SCIE article by Anna Severwright and Martin Walker

• Identifying pain in people who have complex communication needs
  20/03/20

  This article comes with a self-assessment enabling you to test your knowledge after reading it  

• Promoting sexual safety through empowerment
  20/03/20

  This report from CQC looks at how adult social care services keep people safe from sexual incidents. It also looks at how services can support them to express their sexuality.

• When you care, every day makes a difference
  20/03/20

  The second phase of the Department of Health and Social Care’s campaign ‘When you care, every day makes a difference’, launched in October. 

• care-job.com
  20/03/20

  Free job advertisement site for positions in the care industry launched Care-job.com has launched, a website offering a completely free job advertisement site for positions in the care industry.

• Global Council on Brain Health
  20/03/20

  The Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH) examined the state of science on the impact diet has on brain health in adults age 50 and older. 

• Medicines in health and social care
  20/03/20

  Over the next three months CQC will be shining a spotlight on medicines. This month they are focussing on The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) campaign, 'Involved & informed: good community medicines support'.

• Providing emotional support to people at the end of life and their families
  20/03/20

  How can social workers address difficulties in communication and help promote openness between professionals, service users, their family and other carers?

• Local Champions
  28/11/19

  Packs to available soon.

• Dancing for Dignity
  28/11/19

  A big thank you to everyone who took part and/or donated.

• Quality Matters news
  28/11/19

  Objectives revisited

• Skills for Care survey
  28/11/19

  Skills for Care is exploring whether it needs to develop workforce guidance for front line workers in social care on conducting safeguarding investigations. 

• Safe Steps - a preventative digital risk assessment app
  28/11/19

  Safe Steps app reduces falls in over 100 care homes.

• Strength and balance quality markers - supporting improvement
  28/11/19

  Document has been produced by Public Health England (PHE) with the National Falls Prevention Coordination Group (NFPCG) member organisations

• Chair yoga - video
  28/11/19

  Age UK’s video from its visit to Age UK Ealing shows

• Guides to help organise arts projects and activities for residents in care homes
  28/11/19

• Living well in care homes
  28/11/19

  A resource offering best practice in supporting older people to enjoy daily activities that support their health and wellbeing.

• #KnowYourHumanRights - online advocacy tool
  28/11/19

  British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) has created a new online advocacy tool #KnowYourHumanRights.

• Guide to improving the health of people living in care homes
  28/11/19