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Fatalities in the Residential Home
July 22, 2016
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…
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Signposting Support for Cancer Care in Wales: Help in Surprising Places
July 22, 2016
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…
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Children Are Suffering In Silence
July 22, 2016
Children Are Suffering In Silence Vulnerable Children Children are often the ones most affected by family circumstances, the justice system, education, abuse, and medical factors such as HIV. Even the…
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Getting Your Teeth into Good Nutrition
July 19, 2016
In our nutrition blog this week we will be looking at why poor oral health may impact on the nutritional status of service users in care homes. The National Institute…
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Person-Centred Cancer Care in Wales: Simple Steps – Big Difference
July 18, 2016
With lifetime prevalence moving towards 1 in 2, cancer care is likely to touch all of us at some point of our working lives. The high incidence also means many…
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Appreciative Inquiry
July 14, 2016
Living up to the image A number of years ago a study was carried out on schoolchildren’s self-image and how this could be changed. In summary, it appeared that labelling…
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Movie Time with the Mental Capacity Act
July 14, 2016
I’m really excited about the latest video on the SCIE (Social Care Institute for Excellence) website. It’s called Using the Mental Capacity Act – which I grant you isn’t the…
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The Importance of Health Checks for People with Learning Disabilities
July 14, 2016
From the age of 14, people with learning disabilities should receive annual health checks from their GPs. Health checks are important to improve the health of people with learning disabilities.…
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