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Dementia Care: Life History
April 16, 2014
A programme of care for an individual living with dementia would have life history as need number one – this is your touchstone – know the persons linear history. What…
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Will New GP Service Reduce Unplanned Emergency Admissions?
April 16, 2014
What’s it all about? A new unplanned admissions Direct Enhanced Service (DES) has been introduced as part of yet another move to reduce unnecessary emergency admissions to secondary care. The…
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What do you know about Down’s Syndrome?
April 14, 2014
March 17th to 20th 2014 was Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week, so time to improve your knowledge with some facts about this condition. I first met Margaret in 1988 when her…
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CQC Registration One Year On
April 11, 2014
What was required? What a year it has been, especially since April 2013 all providers of primary medical services should have been registered with the CQC. When providers apply for…
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When is a Probiotic not a Probiotic?
April 11, 2014
There is continued public interest in the area of probiotics and health, but have you noticed something odd about the word ‘probiotic’ on yogurt packs? For the very observant, you…
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Are We Living to Work or Working to Live?
April 11, 2014
In recent years Britains employees have been in the headlines for working some of the longest hours in Europe. A survey from StepStone and totaljobs.com in June 2013, showed that…
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The Question No One Wants to Ask
April 10, 2014
The most asked question from families of those living with an advanced dementia (and often the one they really want to ask) is ‘if Mam or Dad has this –…
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Restrictive Intervention – Reducing its Use
April 10, 2014
We were all appalled and shocked by the revelations of abuse by staff at Winterbourne View, which prompted a national overhaul of the way we manage and support people with…
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