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Skills Mapping your way to successful activity provision

June 23, 2023
According to the NICE Quality standard [QS50], meaningful activity includes physical, social and leisure activities that are tailored to a person’s needs and preferences. It can range from activities of…
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What outstanding dementia carers know… it’s probably a pain

June 19, 2023
What is your pain behaviour? Did you realise that we have different ways of expressing our pain dependent on several factors including our personality, previous experience and learned behaviours? Add…
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FREE Webinar – Dementia care: Best practice in pain management

June 15, 2023
We bring you a FREE webinar, partnered with PainChek, where we will be discussing the challenges of assessing and managing pain for people living with cognitive impairments who cannot reliably…
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Latest Social Care Monthly Highlights (June 2023)

June 1, 2023
The policy of the month in June is the Dysphagia (Swallowing Difficulty) and Risk of Choking Policy and Procedure. Our team of experts have also reviewed and updated policies such…
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FREE Webinar – Swallowing difficulties in social care – the risks and how to manage them

May 18, 2023
We bring you a FREE webinar with Dysphagia Training Clinical Lead, Janne Schack, who will be discussing how swallowing can go wrong and what you can do to support someone…
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Latest Social Care Monthly Highlights (May 2023)

May 2, 2023
The policy of the month in May is the Information Standard Policy and Procedure. Our team of experts have also reviewed and updated policies such as the Health and Safety…
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FREE Webinar – Mouths and feet matter – How can you overcome the challenges to deliver great care?

April 27, 2023
We bring you a FREE webinar with Head of  Social Care Content at QCS, Lindsay Rees, alongside Clinical Lead Podiatrist at Care Home Podiatry Ltd, Thomas Calderbank, who will be…
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Time for social care workers to shine a light on World Parkinson’s Day

April 12, 2023
World Parkinson’s Day occurs every year on 11 April to raise awareness of Parkinson’s disease.  As a nurse whose father had Parkinson’s, I have a strong personal interest in this…
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