Latest news

• Age Friendly Museums Day and Age of Creativity Festival October 2017
  07/09/17

  This year you can hold an event for Age Friendly Museums Day and be part of the inaugural Age of Creativity Festival taking place from 1-14th October.
   

• The Journal of Dementia Care
  07/09/17

  In the July/August edition there are one or two interesting articles that are worth a read.

• Better Health for People with Learning Disabilities
  10/08/17

  What social care staff need to know about GP learning disability registers, annual health checks and the Summary Care Record.

• Mouth care for people with dementia
  10/08/17

  This helpful briefing from Dementia UK gives guidance around wearing dementia, care of gums and more.

• The Carers Roadmap: A guide for carers of people with dementia
  10/08/17

• Embracing Touch in Dementia Care
  10/08/17

  A Person-Centred Approach to Touch and Relationships, a book by Luke Tanner.

• A whole-system approach to meeting housing, health and wellbeing outcomes for the older population
  10/08/17

  A report published by Housing Learning and Improvement Network’s North West Leadership Set.

• Everything a care operator must know about Facebook
  10/08/17

  Adam James offers his tips on how to make Facebook work for you in social care. 

• Providing Enhanced Healthcare in Care Homes
  10/08/17

  This guide is intended for local service providers and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) who are considering establishing an Enhanced Health in Care Home model (EHCH).

• Safeguarding Adults Concerns Checklist
  10/08/17

  For recording and evidencing information Lancashire Safeguarding Adults Board have completed guidance and a checklist for Safeguarding Concerns in relation to adults

• CQC fire safety reviews
  10/08/17

  A helpful briefing by Anthony Collins Solicitors

• Compassion Intervention programme
  10/08/17

  Developed as part of a three-year study undertaken by the MCPCRD for Marie Curie.

• Greater resilience better care
  10/08/17

  A resource to support the mental health of adult social care workers

• Promoting mental wellbeing at work
  10/08/17

  Priority areas outlined by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

• The social value of sheltered housing
  10/08/17

  Research into the social value of sheltered housing by Demos

• Association of Retirement Housing Managers - Code of Practice
  10/08/17

• Fire Safety Guide for service managers
  10/08/17

  ERoSH – the organisation for those working in sheltered and private retirement housing have recently launched a Fire Safety Guide for service managers in this area.

• A new guide to person centred care
  10/08/17

  Produced by Skills for Care and Skills for Health

• Strengthen recruitment and retention practices
  10/08/17

  Information for Services - how to strengthen recruitment and retention practices

• Skills for Care - Recommendations for CQC provider guide
  10/08/17

  Skills for Care free online ‘Recommendations for CQC provider guide’ launches today.