Patients say they feel ‘really cared for’ at Priory’s Llanarth Court hospital as inspectors praise the safe and effective treatment provided • Inspectors said staff were providing ‘safe and effective’ care • They said: ‘All patients provided positive feedback about staff at the hospital and it was clear that good interpersonal relationships had been built’ […]
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Fourfold increase in residents unable to access routine NHS care: The British Dental Association has stressed Ministers must act on new research from the Care Quality Commission, which reveals a collapse in access to NHS dentistry among care home residents. Feedback from providers indicates that since 2019, and the onset of lockdown, the proportion of residents […]
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An expert answers the most googled questions from young carers after an increase in online searches across the UK. Child carers provide vital support for their loved ones – and many don’t even realise they’re carers. New research from Lottie (a care home marketplace) has found that online searches from young carers looking for help […]
A new trial, led by experts from the University of Nottingham, will look at reducing the transmission of Covid-19 and its severity in care homes, thanks to funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The team are initially looking for up to 400 care homes to take part in the ground-breaking trial – […]
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With more than 1 in 20 care home residents having died from coronavirus, the need to fix the crisis in social care for the elderly is more acute than ever. New analysis from the Centre for Policy Studies compares the leading models for social care reform. It finds that the system proposed by the Dilnot […]
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In a relay race members of a team take turns completing parts of a course, with relay being defined as the act and consequence of replacing an athlete, regardless of the type of activity being performed. Relays can occur in running, swimming, cross-country skiing, skating and, I suggest, in care home nursing. Whilst speed is […]
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In Cast Away, the epic survival drama film, Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is stranded on a deserted tropical island for four years, with a volleyball named Wilson as his only friend. In the nursing home, residents are sometimes abandoned for years on end. In fact, there are a surprising number of similarities between Chuck Noland’s […]
Urine tests have long been used as frontline weapons in the clinical armoury to ensure that elderly people are not suffering from dehydration. Studies show that around 20 per cent of older people living in residential care don’t drink enough fluid and that rises to 40 per cent of older people who are admitted to […]
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