THE RMA AWARD IS NOW REPLACED BY THE NEW LEADERSHIP AND MANGEMENT IN CARE AWARD.
THIS BLOG WILL FOCUS ON THIS AWARD AND WILL MAP NEW POSTS TO THE UNITS! THE BLOG WILL REMAIN A USEFUL RESOURCE FOR ANYONE IN THE CARE SECTOR, ESPECIALLY MANAGERS.
THE FOLLOWING IS SOME BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THIS NEW AWARD WITH A [...]
Archive for the ‘Care’ Category
Leadership and Management in Care Award
Posted in Care, Leadership, Leadership & management in Care Award, Leadership and Managment Award NVQ, Learning, Management, tagged Care, LMC A1 on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CRB: Checks for volunteers……new guidelines.
Posted in Abuse, Care, Management, News, tagged Add new tag, Care on August 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
CRB Checks for volunteers -guidance just published – click the link for easily readable booklet.
Practice Guides: free from SCIE!
Posted in Care, Leadership, Leadership and Managment Award NVQ, Learning, Management, Training on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Free resources, especially when they come form an authoritative source are always to be welcomed. The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has a wealth of important free stuff as well as good links to all kinds of useful sites. For me, the Practice Guide 1: Managing Practice is a must and anyone in first [...]
Stroke care – calling ‘best practice’ – can anyone help?
Posted in Care, Management, Stroke care on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The issue of stroke care is one I often think about. Many homes do stroke training and updating. But in truth it is hardly the focus for most care/nursing homes. Have any of you out there got any best proctice guidlines you could share with us?
Meanwhile this from the BBC gives a taste of the [...]
Great Management Quotes of Our Time: Peter Drucker.
Posted in Care, Dignity challenge, ILM, Leadership, Management, Quality, Quotes, Wisdom on March 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is what the customer gets out and is willing to pay for. A product is not quality because it is hard to make and costs a lot of money, as manufacturers typically believe. This is incompetence. Customers pay only for what [...]
An Introduction to dementia: a list useful for staff training.
Posted in Care, Dementia, Learning, Mental health, NVQ care, Psychology, Training, Uncategorized on August 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I always like short introductions – pruning information back to it’s bare essentials takes skill. Sure there is more to say on dementia but this is a good starting place for a staff training session.
Health Tip: Warning Signs of Dementia
It’s more than just memory loss
(HealthDay News) — Dementia is more than just ordinary forgetfulness [...]
Survey finds 4% of older people in Britain are victims of abuse.
Posted in Abuse, Care, NVQ care, News, Training, Uncategorized on July 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This news is a month old now but well worth noting especially if you work in the community.
At least 340,000 older people are being abused in their own homes by family, friends or neighbours, ministers acknowledged yesterday. The first thorough survey of elder abuse in Britain found 4% of people over 66 are victims of [...]
Dementia: too low a priority by health and social services.
Posted in Care, Management, News on July 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The care of people with dementia needs to be urgently improved, the government’s spending watchdog said on Wednesday.
“Despite a steeply rising trend in cases of dementia the condition is being given too low a priority by health and social services,” the National Audit Office said.
“Too few people are being diagnosed, or being diagnosed early enough, [...]
The Dignity Challenge!
Posted in Care, Leadership, Management, NVQ care, Training, Uncategorized on July 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »
One of the most important tools for adult care is the dignity challenge. You might have read about it in a trade magazine. Here is a link to the resources you need (just click on ‘Dignity Challenge’ headline) you will go straight to the Social Care Institute for Excellence. If you are involved in care [...]
Equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory principles.
Posted in Abuse, Anti-discrimination, Care, Dignity challenge, Equal opportunities, Leadership, Management, Training on July 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What is equality?
Equity of Care: Providing care that does not vary in quality because of personal characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, geographical location and socio-economic status.
Equality means providing services and employing people in equal ways. This concerns equality of opportunity, equality of access and equality of participation. Sometimes additional services and positive action are [...]
