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Covert medication: what protections are there for the person giving it and the person receiving it?
July 25, 2016
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…
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Countdown to New Care Standards in Scotland
July 25, 2016
The National Care Standards in Scotland are a set of indicators for the quality of regulated care services. They were devised and introduced in 2001 after extensive consultation with service…
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Complaints Friends or Foes?
July 25, 2016
With pressure on resource from every direction, why should you welcome complaints? My husband rang the complaints line in a health setting recently. I didn’t find it a problem, but…
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Q & A on New Government Advice for Vitamin D
July 22, 2016
As new government advice on vitamin D is issued, this week’s nutrition article answers some of the questions you may have. Why is vitamin D important? Vitamin D regulates calcium…
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Fatalities in the Residential Home
July 22, 2016
My last blog mentioned a death at work in a nursing home caused by lack of bed rail management. A death at work is devastating. It affects the family and…
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Signposting Support for Cancer Care in Wales: Help in Surprising Places
July 22, 2016
Cancer care will affect approximately one in two individuals in social care settings through their lifetime. In this, the last of four articles on cancer care, I consider the need…
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Children Are Suffering In Silence
July 22, 2016
Children Are Suffering In Silence Vulnerable Children Children are often the ones most affected by family circumstances, the justice system, education, abuse, and medical factors such as HIV. Even the…
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Getting Your Teeth into Good Nutrition
July 19, 2016
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…
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