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Better Care for Older People
July 25, 2014
Focus on good care I discovered this week that the General Medical Council (GMC) has launched a new online resource to support doctors in their day-to-day care of older patients.…
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Self Assessment: The Low-down!
July 23, 2014
What is it Self-assessment is an important part of the regulation and inspection of care services in Scotland. Each year, usually before the inspection of the service, the Care Inspectorate…
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Do You Recruit Using Social Media Websites?
July 23, 2014
Social media. I guess I’m not the only person who thought ‘that will never work’! It’s estimated that a quarter of the world’s population now uses social media; it’s a…
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Dementia Care: A Brief Look at Memory
July 21, 2014
The content of our last three blogs, and the theme running through the last six months, has been that people living with a dementia, at all stages of the major…
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Scary Movie Ten
July 18, 2014
Do you shout for help if there is a spider in the bath? Do you stand on a chair if there`s mouse in the house? Well – surprisingly you may…
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Using your Initiative
July 18, 2014
Planning a quality care initiative I attended a meeting this week to discuss a local plan and the implementation of a care initiative designed to review current services which do…
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Is Eating Organic Healthier?
July 17, 2014
The benefit of organic over non-organic foods has been widely debated for a number of years. A new review and meta-analysis published in the British Journal of Nutrition this month…
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How Old Are Your Carers?
July 17, 2014
Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss stood down last week from heading a crucial abuse inquiry. She did it, essentially, for political reasons, not because she is 80. The Government must see opportunities…
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