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Tag Archives: Adult Social Care Workers
Clarity on Debate Over Use of Hidden or Visible Cameras to Monitor Care? (BBC News / CQC)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is expected to issue guidance in the new year for people wishing to install hidden cameras to monitor standards of their own, their friend’s or a relative’s care. Issues such as privacy and dignity … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Workers, Adult Social Care: Market Oversight, Andrea Sutcliffe: Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, BBC Health News, BBC Panorama, BBC’s Panorama, Behind Closed Doors: Elderly Care Exposed: Panorama (BBC One), Better Care Homes, Camera Use to Monitor Care, Care Home Abuse, Care Home Assessments, Care Home Culture, Care Home Inspections, Care Home Market, Care Home Regulation, Care Home Residents, Care Home Sector, Care Home Staff, Care Homes, Care Quality Commission (CQC), CCTV in Care Homes, Compassion and Care, Compassion in Care, Compassion in Practice, Covert Care Camera Guidance, Covert Care Cameras, Covert Monitoring, Cruelty, Delivering Dignity, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity in Care, Dignity in Dementia, HC-One, HCP: Home Care Packages, Hidden or Visible Cameras to Monitor Care Quality, Home Care, Home Care Providers, Home Care Standards, Neglect, Neglectful Care, Panorama (BBC TV), Prevention of Abuse and Neglect in the Institutional Care of Older Adults, Privacy, Privacy and Dignity, Privacy Rights, Protecting Adults from Abuse or Neglect, Respectful Communication, Respecting Persons with Dementia, Safe and Compassionate Care, Telemonitoring, Views on Telemonitoring Services, Wilful Neglect
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Adult Social Care in England: Official Report (House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts / BBC News)
Summary This House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts report suggests that implementation of the Care Act will depend on an unprecedented degree of collaboration across every level of government. The report indicates that roughly 220,000 people working in social … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Services, Adult Social Care Workers, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), BBC Health News, Care Act 2014, Care Home Market for Older Adults, Care Providers, Carer Support, Carer’s Assessment, Carers UK, Department for Communities and Local Government, Derek Lewis: Chairman of Mencap, Direct Payments, Domiciliary Care, House of Commons, House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts, Informal Carers, Local Authorities, Local Authority Spending Per Head on Adult Social Care, Lord Justice Underhill (Court of Appeal), Minimum Wage, Minimum Wage Legislation, National Minimum Wage, Overnight Carers, Prevalence of Unpaid Care, Preventative Services, Projections of Supply of Intense Unpaid Care to Older Parents, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults, Sleep-in Shifts (Overnight Carers), Sleep-in Staff, Social Care, Social Care Policy, Social Care Provision, Unintended Consequences of National Minimum Wage, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Zero-Hours Contracts
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Reducing Poor Language Skills Among Care Workers (BBC News)
Summary A government advisor has recommended that recruitment agencies should ensure care workers can speak English to a minimum acceptable standard before placing them in the homes of vulnerable people. Similar restrictions would presumably apply to the recruitment and selection … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care Workers, BBC Health News, Care Agencies, Care and Communication, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Workers, Care Workers With Poor Language Skills, Communication, Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Communication Support, Dr Shereen Hussein: Social Care Workforce Research Unit, Good Communication, HCAs, Healthcare Assistants, Healthcare Support Workers, Home Care Workers, Kings College London, Language Skills, Management of HCAs, Minimum Standards for Healthcare Assistants, NHS Workforce, Nursing Assistants, Nursing Auxiliaries, Overall Quality of NHS Hospitals, Patient Care, Patient Safety, Patients First and Foremost, Poor Communication, Poor Language Skills Among Care Workers, Protecting Vulnerable People, Quality of Care, Quality of Care and Support, Quality of Care for People With Dementia, Recruitment Agencies, Recruitment of HCAs, Recruitment Training and Management of HCAs, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Social and Professional Status (of Elderly Care Workers), Social Care Support Workers, Social Care Workforce, Social Care Workforce Research Unit, Social Care Workforce Research Unit: King’s College London, UK Home Care Association, Vulnerable Adults, Vulnerable Older People
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Common Core Principles Supporting Mental Health and Wellbeing in Adult Social Care (Skills for Care)
Summary This guide, from Skills for Care, presents ten common core principles to support mental health and wellbeing in social care settings. These principles are intended to help staff working in social care services to support and promote good mental … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, Mental Health, Mental Health Foundation, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Safeguarding, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Services, Adult Social Care Workers, Approachability, Care Standards Act 2000, Caring Nature, Choice and Control Over Decisions, Collaboration, Common Core Principles, Common Core Principles: Mental Health and Wellbeing in Adult Social Care, Community Involvement, Compassion, Confidence, Consistency, Cultural Needs, Dignity and Respect, Empathy, Equality, Equality Act 2010, Equality and Diversity, Equality and Human Rights, Friendliness, Honesty, Independence, Independence Choice and Risk, Indicative Behaviours, Integrity, Involvement and Participation, Maintaining Identity, Maintaining Independence, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Health Act 2007, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health and Wellbeing in Adult Social Care, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes, Motivating People, Non-Judgementalism, Older People: Independence and Mental Wellbeing, Optimism, Patient Identity, Patient Preferences, Peer Support, Personal Identity, Personal Preferences, Positive Relationships, Recreational Activities, Regaining Independence, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults in Care Homes, Safeguarding Adults Principles, SDM: Shared Decision Making, Sense of Identity, Shared Decision-Making, Skills for Care, Skills for Care (SfC), Social Care, Social Inclusion
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The Heart of Care: Dignity in Action: A Guide to Person-Centred Compassionate Elder Care
Summary Amanda Waring has written a book which has particular relevance given the current debates about how to re-introduce greater dignity and compassion into the day-to-day working of both the NHS and other organisations involved in the provision of health … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Physiotherapy, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Workers, Care and Compassion, Care Homes, Caregiver Training, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Support, Carers, Communication, Compassion, Compassionate Care, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity in Care Network, Dignity in Dementia, Elderly Care, Empathy and Understanding, Empathy Training, Information Needs of Carers, National Dignity Council, Prevention of Elder Maltreatment, Promoting Dignity in Dementia, Reminiscence
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Scheme to Support Healthcare Assistants Announced (Department of Health)
Summary A scheme to support the training standards of healthcare assistants was unveiled by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley on November 15th 2011. Speaking at the NHS Employers conference in Liverpool, Andrew Lansley described plans to develop a code of conduct and minimum training … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Workers, Andrew Lansley (Former Health Secretary), Former Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, Healthcare Assistants, Skills for Care and Skills for Health, Skills for Health, Voluntary Register(s) for Healthcare Support Workers
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Code of Conduct and National Minimum Training Standards for Healthcare Support Workers (Skills for Health and Skills for Care)
Summary Skills for Health and Skills for Care were sponsored by the Department of Health in 2011 to develop a Code of Conduct and a set of National Minimum Training Standards for healthcare support workers. Read more: Code of Conduct and … Continue reading →