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Dementia Care: Designing to Care – The Built Environment
May 9, 2014
In this blog I return to my structured series on the building blocks for excellence in dementia care. We began to introduce the necessity of good, adaptive design two editions…
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It’s Always Good to Share
May 8, 2014
The Malnutrition Pathway (Managing Adult Malnutrition in the Community), established by a multi-professional expert consensus panel, is developing an online area for sharing, recognising and promoting good practice. Project to…
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Are New GP Inspection Plans A Step Too Far?
May 8, 2014
A new method of gathering evidence The most significant change this year to the way Practices are inspected by the CQC is that a GP, a specialist inspector and a…
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The King’s Crown!
May 8, 2014
Mouth Cancer Awareness Although it’s a bit early, as Mouth Cancer Awareness Month is November 2014, it is time to think about stocking the Blue Ribbon Badges at the reception…
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It Makes Good Television
May 7, 2014
Nonagenarians calling desperately for the toilet or harassed care staff dealing roughly with an obstreperous human being, grab our attention. But they do nothing for the reputation of the care…
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What’s Going On?
May 7, 2014
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) this week published further analysis of the September 2013 Learning Disability Census data. The census is a count of people with learning…
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Act FAST and Reduce Your Salt Intake
May 2, 2014
May is Action on Stroke month. Every year there are approximately 152,000 strokes in the UK. That’s one stroke every five minutes, and stroke is the third single largest cause…
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In Defence of Dementia Care in Care Homes
May 2, 2014
Care homes took another shocking blow this week with the expose of a small number of individuals, acting independently, in a small number of care homes, shown by the BBC…
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