Five ways Skills for Care’s Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set can help you
How do the Government and other key stakeholders understand the issues facing social care? One…
Thinking about starting your own care business?
Starting any business is exciting but not easy. However, there are additional hurdles that you…
How do we provide better mental health support for care home staff?
Previous research has highlighted the risk factors associated with high stress amongst care home staff,…
A Perfect Storm
It would be lovely to write an article that was positive and supportive of the…
Happy Camper Carers
As I left the Dementia, Care and Nursing Home Expo in Birmingham last week, I…
Personalised Nutrition in chronic diseases
Personalised Nutrition in chronic diseases Chronic diseases, often called lifestyle diseases or non-communicable diseases (NCD),…
An Extraordinary Client Requires Bespoke Interiors
All care home and dementia design projects differ, but sometimes the design must really step…
Differentiation Through Design
In an increasingly competitive marketplace award-winning Hamberley Care Homes has just opened Elstow Manor, a…
Inspiration meets Function
Providing easy living solutions and located in the characterful village of Ewell, Surrey, Nonsuch Abbeyfield…
The Time Has Come: We are ready to welcome you back to the Care Show this 13th & 14th October at the NEC, Birmingham
We are excited to provide you the chance to reunite with colleagues in person again,…
ATLAS eMAR – Nursing Times Workforce Award for Best Use of Technology to Improve the Working Environment
ATLAS eMAR in partnership with Cardiff University, Claremont Court, Ty Ceirios and the Graham Care…
Staff shortages within the home care sector
By Katy Chilvers Care workers and care leaders have worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic, many…
Finally, A Digital System for LD Operators
For a lot of care and support providers finding the right system that’s bespoke to…
Unique IQ launches IQ:caremanager, a new end-to-end care management system
Home care technology firm Unique IQ is revolutionising the organisation and delivery of care with…
We only need one regulator
As we await the social care plan from the government, the debate about how any…
National Care Consortium Invests In Bespoke Digital Care Planning
National Care Consortium and Sekoia enters in a new partnership, guaranteeing the care provider a…
Cyber security at NDGAI
What is it and why do we need it? You may be wondering, “what exactly…
Assistive Technology
The term ‘assistive technology’ covers a broad range of digital tools which are used by…
‘It’s great to be recognised for recycling waste vinyl flooring’
South Wales-based Commercial Flooring Contractors Ltd won the 2021 Project of the Year award in…
The halls are alive with the sound of music once again at a Worthing care home thanks to popular singer
A recent live musical performance hit the right note with residents and colleagues at a…
Worthing charity to host care planning events for those looking for care home advice
Worthing-based charity, Guild Care, is set to host two complimentary, no obligation care planning and…
Who Care’s? Fixing the Care Crisis
It’s not an exaggeration to state that some Care Providers are already at a point…
Thinking about cyber security for social care
Cyber security can sound off-putting and like it is something only IT professionals need to…
The Time Has Come: We are ready to welcome you back to the Care Show this 13th & 14th October at the NEC, Birmingham
We are excited to provide you the chance to reunite with colleagues in person again,…
How to ensure business continuity in care homes
Many care homes struggle with outdated technology systems and substantial paper trails, both of which…
Adult social care, what next?
Over the past 12 months, the pandemic has continued to keep the spotlight firmly on…
‘Understanding and addressing the implications of compulsory vaccination legislation for care homes’
With the Government’s regulations on mandatory vaccination in care homes now approved, the countdown to…
Worthing care homes update admissions approach to prevent new residents facing isolation
Three care homes within Guild Care has updated their admissions approach to prevent new residents…
Worthing care home celebrates following improved CQC rating
Staff at a Worthing care home are celebrating after a recent CQC inspection saw their…
Daneside Court special thank you to Northwich Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s supermarket in Northwich is undergoing a new transition in its store and the store…
Wigan care home grateful for a local donation.
Yesterday Colleagues and Residents at Ashton View residential memory, nursing and nursing memory care home, in Ashton-in-Makerfield,…
Watermoor House welcomes new residents
With all residents and the majority of its staff team now fully vaccinated, everyone is…
“I have changed my life plan in order to stay in the Care Sector”
With the first anniversary of the first COVID-19 lockdown now passed, one Cassington-based carer has…
Westcliff-on-Sea Rehabilitation Centre offers support for Long Covid sufferers as stats reveal number of those affected is on the rise
An Essex-based rehabilitation centre is offering treatment for those suffering from the further effects of…
Radis Community Care recruits 1000 Dementia Friends
A leading provider of community based social care, Radis Community Care, is celebrating their recruitment…
The Road to Outstanding CQC Webinar
On the 25th March 2021, the CQC published their new strategy and regulatory approach. The…
Levelling-up social care: recognising the role of care workers
New Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid Javid, faces an overflowing inbox.…
New report shows COVID-19 pandemic fueled huge digital acceleration in home care
A new report by home care tech provider Unique IQ has revealed that the use…
Building an outstanding social care workforce: technology’s supporting role
As the demand for care at home grows, so does the need to recruit and…
ABOUT PREDICAIRE
PredicAire launched in the care home market in 2021 and is the brainchild of Ketan…
NDGAI – Scheduling mobile resources intelligently
When it comes to technology, the homecare sector has seen an evolution in recent years.…
Govt plans to mandate COVID vaccinations to cross the threshold of care homes
Think piece It was a rather chaotic announcement of the government’s full response to the…
Dimensions: taking learning online
Dimensions is a not-for-profit organisation that supports people with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs. With…
E-Learning in Social Care
Online training, or e-learning, has become one of the most widely used types of technology…
We at DirectCareHub wanted to know about the future of Alzheimer’s care, so we asked people who really can improve lives:
Dr Richard Oakley, Head of Research at Alzheimer’s Society said: “As the biggest charitable funder of…
How do we build an outstanding social care workforce post-pandemic?
Social care workers have been the real heroes of the pandemic. Many have shown great…
Breaking News: The Care Show is back! This October the UK’s most established event for the care community returns to the NEC Birmingham.
CloserStill Media, organisers of the Care Show, are looking forward to opening their doors on…
How to ensure data security and privacy in care homes
ATLAS is an electronic MAR system that helps reduce medication errors, streamline auditing, and enhance…
What might Integrated Care Systems mean for people with a learning disability, autism or both and the managers of the services they rely on?
By Clive Parry, England Director at the Association of Real Change (ARC England) Typing Integrated…
Somerset Care: implementing online learning to 3,000 employees with Altura Learning
Somerset Care is one of the major care organisations in Southern England, providing care homes…
Artificial Intelligence in Social Care
To put it very simply, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is when a machine can use data…
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust commences major medical records digitisation project with IMMJ Systems, Swiss Post Solutions (SPS) and System C
Kettering General Hospital has embarked on a major medical records digitisation project with partners System…
The Road Ahead
With the roadmap to get us ‘back to normal’ apparently on track, one thing stands…
A Guide to Outstanding Home Care
Following on from the successful launch of their guide to Outstanding home care in 2020, technology experts…
Digital care planning in home care
By Unique IQ Digital technology is starting to transform the home care sector, ensuring better…
Make Surfaces Safer with Parkside’s Antibacterial Tiles
Parkside has launched four new wall and floor tile collections with built-in antibacterial protection. Years…
AI & Care Planning: Can We Predict The Future?
By Tobias Hoher and Morten Mathiesen, Sekoia Co-Founders During this last year we all witnessed…
Keeping information safe: free support for adult social care providers
How the Better Security, Better Care programme is helping to improve data and cyber security…
Light at the end of the tunnel
Vic Rayner, CEO of the National Care Forum – the leading association for not for…
Technology Integration
What do we mean by technology integration? Technology integration is when two or more software…
Why the chips aren’t down after all
Think of a much-loved elderly relative of yours. Let’s call her Joanna. You’ll be pleased…
Whittle Court
Whittle Court is a Stonewater Retirement Living scheme consisting of 40 ground, first and second floor apartments. The communal…
Mulberry Court – Freemantle Trust
Mulberry Court is a 24-bedroom Care home, in the beautiful village of Chalfont St Peter. …
Best Practise for the adoption of electronic care planning software.
Electronic care planning software, sometimes also called digital (social) care records, is increasingly being adopted…
Reframing the reform: Not what I can’t do, but what I can do
By John Kennedy, Independent consultant and commentator in housing and social care A we enter…
Nurse delegated drug rounds allowing carers to safely administer medicine
Cardiff University’s REMEDY research demonstrates that Invatech’s technology (ATLAS EMAR) facilitates the safe delegation of…
Devizes Residents video chat with children from local school
Residents at HC-One’s Market Lavington care home, in Wiltshire, have had the opportunity of building…
Local girl uses tooth-fairy money to donate ‘care bags’ to Stevenage care home residents
Residents at HC-One’s Woodlands View care home in Stevenage were overwhelmed by the kindness of…
Liverpool Resident is fabulous at 107
One Resident at HC-One’s Moss View care home, in Huyton, has just celebrated her 107th birthday.…
Kind donation from local store for Crewe care home
Colleagues and Residents at HC-One’s Primrose House residential memory and nursing memory care home, in Haslington, were…
Stevenage care home Colleague celebrates 20 years of service
A very special Colleague at HC-One’s Woodlands View care home in Stevenage has celebrated the…
Hinckley care home Resident revisits the Ghosts of Hinckley’s past
A Resident at HC-One’s Hinckley Park care home in Hinckley, shared his knowledge and love for the…
Hounslow care home enjoys visit from Mayor
Residents and Colleagues at HC-One’s Ashgrove care home in Hounslow had a lovely surprise this…
ARMED prevention technology named ‘Innovation in Health Tech’ winner at prestigious LaingBuisson Awards
A leading health and social care technology company has been announced the winner in the…
Intergeneration project is a huge hit with Liverpool care home residents
All Residents of HC-One’s Ash Court residential care home, in Knotty Ash, were overjoyed by…
Malvern care home’s Queen Jean turns 100
At HC-One’s Court House care home, which offers residential and nursing care, everyone spent the…
Grease is the word for Rochdale care home residents
Residents at HC-One’s Oakland residential and residential memory care home, in Lancashire, had a lovely afternoon…
ADASS Yorkshire and Humber region uses PAMMS to develop one solution rather than 15
ADASSYorkshire and Humber has become the association’s latest region to work with HAS Technology and implement its PAMMS solution across…
Ixworth care home celebrates passing CQC Infection Control Inspection with flying colours
Delight at a Residential care home in Ixworth as they pass their Infection Control Inspection…
NCF response to £341m additional funding for adult social care
The National Care Forum (NCF) – leading association of not for profit social care providers…
TV star Joel Dommett and model Hannah Cooper become Ambassadors for Brain Tumour Support
Brain Tumour Support are thrilled to announce that comedian and TV star Joel Dommett and his wife, model Hannah Cooper, are becoming Ambassadors for…
South-West adult social care provider commits to real Living Wage in a region where 20% of all jobs fail to meet the requirement
25th March 2021: As of this week, AbleCare Homes is now accredited as a Living…
Freemasons rise to Covid-19 challenge with donations totalling £1m and 18 million hours of volunteering
Faced with the greatest global pandemic in living memory, Freemasons came together in 2020 and…
Integration and innovation: the latest NHS reorganisation
The latest policy paper from the Department of Health and Social Care, entitled Integration and…
VinylPlus® Med Accelerates Sustainability in Healthcare
VinylPlus®, the Voluntary Commitment to sustainable development of the European PVC industry, has unveiled a…
THE FUTURE FOR HOME CARE TECHNOLOGY
By David Lynes, Managing Director of Unique IQ It has been well-documented that current events…
E-Rostering – Purchasing Tips for care homes and home care
Much has been made recently of the increase in the use of technology in Social…
The supplements specifically targeted towards your PMS symptoms and suffering
Three out of four women will suffer from some degree of PMS and while its…
Digital inclusion for mental health services in the home environment
By Kathy Roberts, CEO of the Association of Mental Health Providers and the current Chair…
LifeVac – saving lives in seconds across the Adult Care Sector in a choking emergency.
Choking is often referred to as the “silent killer” within the care sector, sadly it…
Supporting good practice for staff movement a Care Provider Alliance (CPA) toolkit
By Kathy Roberts, Chair of the CPA and Ian Turner Executive Chair of the Registered…
Never has cleaning the floor of a care home been more critical.
As nursing homes and care homes prepare to welcome back the relatives and friends of…
Liverpool care home Residents reconnect with their grandchildren
Residents have been reaching out to their grandchildren and great-grandchildren lately as part of National…
Low Level Ozone Now Being Used to Help Protect Care Home Residents and Staff.
Ozone is the most powerful disinfectant known to man and is now being used in…
Direct Care Hub
5 years ago, my fellow co-founder, Tom Jannone and I got to know each other…
Atlas eMAR
The ATLAS eMAR family of products are a comprehensive medicines management system for care homes.…
Morpeth care home Resident’s special birthday message to Granddaughter
One Resident celebrated her Granddaughter’s 40th birthday with a heart-warming video message at HC-One’s Foxton…
Stornoway care home Residents receive 2nd dose vaccinations
On Tuesday 2nd February 2021, Blar Buidhe care home in Stornoway became the first HC-One…
Oxfordshire Resident recalls meeting her husband 70 years ago in the very building where she now lives
Colleagues have uncovered a lovely romantic story about a Resident at HC-One’s Thamesfield care home…
London care Resident is reunited with her siblings after ten years apart
A Resident has enjoyed an incredible family reunion after Colleagues at HC-One’s Bakers Court care…