Featured: When the clapping stops …
Over the last few weeks, like so many around the country, I have joined in celebrating our key workers who have worked tirelessly trying to get us through this challenging and devastating COVID-19 pandemic.
Content Hub
Read about person-centred care, problems and solutions for the care sector and personal reflections too. Search a topic you're interested in and start reading. And please leave us a comment with your thoughts.
What is the Content Hub?
Immerse yourself in all things care! Read about person-centred care, problems and solutions for the care sector and personal reflections too. There’s a lot in here and it’s updated all the time but you don’t have to read it all at once. Take a minute, grab a cup of tea, search a topic you’re interested in and start reading. Oh, and afterwards, please leave us a comment with your thoughts…
The Upside of Lockdown
I firmly believe that if nothing else comes out of this disruptive time, it will be an enhanced awareness of each other and the often invisible world of care.
Looking For Kindness
The theme for Mental Health Awareness Week this year is kindness; something that we all appreciate but it can be difficult to define.
The image of the care worker has completely transformed
For everyone the last couple of months has been a rollercoaster of emotions and experiences, trying to adjust to lockdown life and living in the global Corona Virus pandemic.
Beyond A Two-Tier Social Care System
More than four in five adult social care services are currently either rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC.
While the fact that the vast majority of care services continues to excel amidst a funding and recruitment crisis is a cause of celebration,
Loneliness And Mental Health: Social Networking (In The Flesh)
The subject of loneliness and mental health has been at the forefront of discussions in adult social care. We have explored the topic of loneliness and come across a few options to help combat loneliness such as au pairing and Homeshare schemes.
Is This Thing On? Age Vs Social Media
I feel as though I was part of one of the last generations to experience childhood with limited access to the world of social media.
Tech Is No Replacement For Personal Care But Boy Do Carer Providers Need It!
Faced with a negative public perception fuelled by endless horror stories and poorly paid staff the care sector has a recruitment crisis.
Employee Engagement In Care: The Perfect Virtuous Circle?
I’ve worked at a number of different companies in my career and something that has always interested me is employee engagement.
Au Pairing: An Affordable Solution To The Care Crisis?
Similar to the Homesharer scheme, au pairing is another intergenerational live-in scheme available to elderly homeowners, and actually the inspiration for this set of blogs on the
