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Should Popeye have taken a vitamin D supplement?
February 10, 2016
Regular readers of my blog will be aware of the importance of an adequate vitamin D status in the older adult, as well as throughout a person’s lifetime. So those of…
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The perfect week
February 9, 2016
The Perfect Care Week is a national improvement programme from the Department of Health (DoH), allowing a growing number of trusts across England to implement changes that can improve the…
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Staff inductions
February 8, 2016
If you have a new member of staff starting in your team this Monday morning, this is an exciting opportunity to expand the diversity of your team skills and add value…
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Self-neglect and a duty to intervene ethically
February 7, 2016
I’m taking a break from the series of blogs on European social care this week (although I’ll be looking at best practice examples from Europe over the next couple of…
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A language issue
February 7, 2016
In the case of Kelly v Covance Laboratories Limited, the employment appeal tribunal held that an instruction to an employee not to speak their native language at work was not…
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How to move people without tears
February 6, 2016
Making sure your staff use safe moving and handling techniques is one thing; making this client centred can be quite another. I was speaking to our Moving and Handling in…
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If music be the food of love…
February 5, 2016
Poor nutrition is commonly experienced by people with dementia. So it was with interest this week to see a new initiative from the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust for the…
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Don’t bury your head in the sand – CQC
February 4, 2016
As expected, only a small number of practices which have been inspected have had a ‘Requires Improvement’ or ‘Inadequate’ rating. Whilst some of the reasons for these ratings may be…
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