Adult Social Care

I recently learned about Mrs. P, whose court case has just been reported. This lady had worked all her life, and owns her own home, together with good investments and…

The benefits of art and practical creativity are well known: a sense of achievement and enabling self-expression, social interaction and recognition and overall improved well-being. There are many organisations in…

The outstanding success of Team GB at the Rio Olympics, has been attributed to secure long term funding. This same success is sparking debate amongst politicians and policy makers around…

Ever thought you grasped something, you repeat it to other people and then years down the line you find out that it wasn’t quite right?  I have had that experience. …

An interim increase of 40% for Funded Nursing Care (FNC) has been announced by the Department of Health.  The increase, which has been backdated to 1st April,  brings the weekly…

A new case* has just been reported, dealing with covert medication.  This concerns an elderly lady in a care home, who lacked mental capacity to consent to medication and frequently…

In our nutrition blog this week we will be looking at why poor oral health may impact on the nutritional status of service users in care homes. The National Institute…

Living up to the image A number of years ago a study was carried out on schoolchildren’s self-image and how this could be changed. In summary, it appeared that labelling…