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Casual Workers The term casual worker is usually used to describe a worker who is engaged in a flexible, ad hoc way. They are normally used in circumstances where there…

We asked a room full of people with learning disabilities, autism, and family carers… “If you had a magic wand, what would your dream world look like for people with…

A new case* has just been reported, dealing with covert medication.  This concerns an elderly lady in a care home, who lacked mental capacity to consent to medication and frequently…

The National Care Standards in Scotland are a set of indicators for the quality of regulated care services. They were devised and introduced in 2001 after extensive consultation with service…

With pressure on resource from every direction, why should you welcome complaints? My husband rang the complaints line in a health setting recently.  I didn’t find it a problem, but…

As new government advice on vitamin D is issued, this week’s nutrition article answers some of the questions you may have. Why is vitamin D important? Vitamin D regulates calcium…

My last blog mentioned a death at work in a nursing home caused by lack of bed rail management. A death at work is devastating. It affects the family and…

Cancer care will affect approximately one in two individuals in social care settings through their lifetime. In this, the last of four articles on cancer care, I consider the need…