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Rip it up
September 11, 2014
Destructive behaviour is distressing, expensive and hard to manage, yet often a feature of caring for someone with profound learning disability. What can we do to reduce it? Charlie is…
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Coping with mental health problems in employees
September 11, 2014
Among the challenges of employing people, coping with an employee’s mental ill-health is one most of us would prefer to avoid. Yet such ill-health accounts for 28% of illness and…
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War of the Gods
September 10, 2014
Greek mythology has it that before mankind there was a War of the Gods, between the older gods of Titan and the younger Olympians. After many battles, the Olympians –…
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Can Tomatoes Help Lower the Risk of Prostate Cancer?
September 8, 2014
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK and more than a third of prostate cancer cases are diagnosed in men aged over 75. Public health…
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Complex Care Cases Contribute to Hospital Delays
September 8, 2014
Over the years, Homecare Providers have seen a continuous rise in the needs of our Service Users. The number of people requiring complex care has risen to epic proportions, this…
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Music and Care
September 5, 2014
Michelle Hanson, in a Guardian article of 2012 wrote about the transformative power of music for people with dementia, and contrasts this with a time when it was seen as…
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Do you Know How Much Employee Absence Costs your Business?
September 5, 2014
A recent survey of 2,000 employees, showed that as many as a quarter of workers throw a ‘sickie’ on their first day back from holiday. A survey completed by Bupa…
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Catch me if you can
September 5, 2014
Fraudulent activity I attended a meeting this week and one of the speakers was our local NHS Counter Fraud Officer. Whilst we assume we know where fraud could possibly be…
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