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Sleep in the Elderly
December 27, 2015
What can we do to help the elderly get a restful night’s sleep? Sleep, much like air, water or food, is essential for life… Everyone experiences an occasional restless night which…
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Social Care Policy – England v Wales
December 26, 2015
So in the draw for the European Football Championships for 2016 Wales and England have been drawn to play each other. Coming so quickly after the epic battle at the…
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Festive Overload
December 25, 2015
A house I know is getting ready for Christmas in a way some may find unusual. For a start, there is no tree, no tinsel and no card display. The…
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Historic offences can still lead to fair dismissal
December 24, 2015
The EAT has held in a recent case of British Waterways Board t/a Scottish Canals v Smith that an employer was fair in dismissing an employer for derogatory comments made by…
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Intermediate Care and Hospital Waiting Times
December 23, 2015
It’s that time of year again – low temperatures and poor weather increases the demand on hospital A&E admissions. And government targets for treatment and discharge are missed. The BBC…
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The Role of Peer Mentoring for Ensuring that Services are Well-led
December 21, 2015
Defining and agreeing a range of policies and procedures for the practice team to follow are long-term processes. The process consists of a step-by-step approach in which the team creates…
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A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing?
December 20, 2015
If we have reached a supervisory level within Health and Social Care, we will have worked with a number of highly necessary experts from different specialist fields. We also supervise…
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Improving protein intakes of institutionalised elderly people – does timing matter?
December 19, 2015
Research suggests that a considerable proportion of older people, particularly those in care, are not eating enough protein. Optimising dietary protein intakes among institutionalised individuals may prove challenging, but is…
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