Latest news

• Annual General Meeting
  26/06/18

  This year’s AGM will be held on September 11th at 11.00 a.m. at the Offices of Skills for Care, in London.

• News from our Champions in Oxfordshire
  26/06/18

  Oxfordshire Dignity Champions had a fantastic rework session in June - all who attended agreed how important getting together is.

• The ‘Good and outstanding care guide’
  26/06/18

  The updated ‘Good and outstanding care guide’ is ideal for providers wanting to achieve or sustain a good or outstanding Care Quality Commission (CQC) rating.

• What matters to you
  26/06/18

  ‘What matters to you’ day held on 6 June aims to encourage and support more meaningful conversations between people who provide health and social care and the people who receive that care.

• Making extra care housing work for your community
  26/06/18

  This report examines the potential models and challenges of extra care housing.

• Creative and Cultural Activities and Wellbeing in Later Life
  26/06/18

  How important is creative and cultural participation to our wellbeing?

• Provider and CQC Inspector FAQs for meeting CQCs requirements of employment for Regulation 19
  26/06/18

  FAQ guidance for providers and inspectors to support them in meeting CQC’s requirements of employment for Regulation 19.

• Learning Disability, Autism and Human Rights
  26/06/18

• Care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities
  26/06/18

  The purpose of this guideline is to help commissioners and providers identify, plan and provide for the care and support needs of people growing older with learning disabilities and their families and carers. 

• My future wishes: Advance Care Planning (ACP) for people with dementia in all care settings
  26/06/18

  This document aims to assist practitioners, providers and health and social care commissioners create opportunities for people living with dementia to develop an Advance Care Plan (ACP).

• Poly Pharmacy: A Guide for Staff
  26/06/18

  Poly pharmacy is the term used when a person is taking four or more medications. Working alongside Beth Britton, MacIntyre’s Health Team have put together a short guide for tackling poly pharmacy.

• Abbeyfield Winnersh Case Study – understanding how people live with dementia in care environments
  26/06/18

  This Housing LIN case study looks at the purpose-built specialist care home at Woodward Close in Winnersh, Wokingham. 

• Standards of proficiency for registered nurses
  26/06/18

  NMC have published the new standards for proficiency for nurses.

• End of life care in England: A briefing paper
  26/06/18

• The Transition of Older People from their own Residence to a Care Home
  26/06/18

  This publication has been developed to support nurses working with people living in the community and nursing staff in care homes.

• Skills for Care - Conversational assessment guidance feedback
  26/06/18

  TLAP and Skills for Care have developed a guide to using conversational assessment to help any person or organisation wanting to introduce this model of practice into the way they support people.

• Film - Living with Dementia in Extra Care
  26/06/18

  This film, part of the Housing LIN's 'Spotlight on Extra Care' series, draws on the personal stories of Extra Care residents living with dementia and their partners.

• Person-centred examples of workforce development
  25/06/18

  These examples explore a range of scenarios of individuals who might be involved in transforming care, to help adult social care commissioners and employers provide the right workforce, with the right skills and knowledge, for people who need care and support. 

• New Learning and Development Guide from Skills for Care
  25/06/18

  This guide aims to provide managers with a starting point to consider the best ways to develop their workforce and sustain learning.

• Supporting Carers to be Healthy and Connected
  25/06/18

  New research released at the start of Carers Week reveals the toll that caring can take on many carers’ own health and wellbeing.