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The National Association of Care Catering Good Practice Guidance
At least three million people are affected by malnutrition in the UK, with 35% of individuals admitted to care homes being affected. Malnutrition and dehydration can cause illnesses as well as hinder recovery, yet this often goes unrecognised. In line with the Health...
Staff Support linked to CQC Ratings
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have highlighted the need to ensure that staff are adequately supported, despite budget cuts. A Community Care analysis of 100 residential and nursing homes in England revealed that services were short staffed and cutting corners by...
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards – CQC State of Care Report 2015/2016
The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) are an amendment to the Mental Capacity Act 2005. It is a care home’s legal requirement to make a DoLs application to their local authority if it is deemed necessary to deprive a resident of their liberty in order to keep...
Focus on the Benefits of SALT for Residents Living with Dementia.
Speech and Language Therapists (SALT) are allied health professionals who provide treatment, support and care for with people who have speech, language, communication or swallowing difficulties (dysphagia). They are able to assess an individual’s ability to comprehend...
Shaping the Future: CQC’s strategy for 2016 to 2021
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a new 5 year strategy based on 22,000 inspections and feedback from service providers, users and staff, which sets out a more targeted, responsive and collaborative approach to regulation, in order to ensure...
Dignity in Care
When working in a care home, it is all too easy to forget that it is somebody’s home. You leave at the end of your shift, but residents stay because this is where they live. They have the right to the same courtesy, politeness and respect that you would expect in your...
The Malnutrition Armband
One third of people over 65 years are at risk of malnutrition on admission to hospital, and 50% of people admitted to hospital from care homes are at risk of malnutrition (BAPEN, 2014). The cost of malnutrition is estimated to be in the region of billions of pounds a...
The Social Care Commitment
The Social Care Commitment is backed by the Department of Health, and signing up is an important step for your business, your staff and the people in your care. It provides documentary evidence of your intentions and aspirations for meeting the required care standards...
CQC Future Strategy
How do you believe care providers should be inspected? This is just one of the topics under discussion by the Care Quality Commission, which is in the final stages of compiling its business strategy for the next five years. Views are now being sought on that strategy,...
CQC New Rating System
Claire Ferrari, Director of ProRisk Care Consultancy, has recently had an article published on the CHIS website with regards to the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) new rating system. Following the launch of the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) new four-tier ratings...