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Dementia Care: The Caregiver Role in ‘Wellbeing’
February 12, 2014
This week we discuss how it is you, the caregiver, and the qualities you bring to the caregiving relationship, that define the ‘outcomes’ when we deliver care for someone living…
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Don`t Complain about the Complainers
February 12, 2014
If we were getting everything right, no one would have an issue or be able to moan about our services. So, when a patient actually goes as far as making…
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Great Expectations
February 7, 2014
Are we expecting too much from our Homecare staff? Those in the industry have been aware for some time that our care and support staff are being increasingly pressured to…
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Care Homes – Great Places to Live?
February 7, 2014
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has long been the standard bearer for evidence based best practice guidance for the National Health Service (NHS). Last year it…
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Is There Anything You Can Do About Cancer?
February 7, 2014
Yes, help to debunk the myths. World Cancer Day was celebrated this week and focused on dispelling myths about cancer. One of the key myths targeted was ‘There is nothing I can…
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Abuse Should Not Be Tolerated
February 7, 2014
Should this be expected? I was shocked and appalled to hear that a man had attacked and stabbed a GP in the neck this week. Fortunately the GP has been…
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Patient Partnerships
February 6, 2014
At last there is a growing movement in healthcare, in general, to rely less on goals and targets as a way of measuring success and to start asking about the…
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That Awkward Moment………….
February 6, 2014
A story from the archives As a young and keen community nurse, one of my favourite jobs was assisting people with learning disability to cope with independent living in the…
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