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The guidance for people shielding from COVID19 changed on 31st July 2020.    Key points are as below. People can go back to work, but the workpla...

COVID has hit many care homes across the country, in terms of loosing so many precious lives. The occupancy in care homes is at record time low. S...

The occupancy rate and enquiries are significantly low in many areas of the country. We are hearing the patterns that no new enquiries are coming ...

Amanda's story: "When I was a patient in a closed culture on a psychiatric ward, I felt completely vulnerable. The staff had all the power and I f...

The government has launched the "Adult Social Care Risk reduction framework" to standardise the risk assessment process in place for the adult so...

Safely working in care homes guidance has been updated on 15th June 2020.

Government has introduced new NHS Testing and tracing guidance. The purpose is to prevent any further spread by identifying the exposed people soon...

For any changes to happen in your care company, you will have to develop a culture of accepting change. To accept change, staff should have an ope...

Our expert care home consultant Issac Theophilos answers frequently asked questions from care homes.  Which guidance should I follow in terms of u...

1. Although the restrictions will be eased for the general population in the coming weeks, the risks to the care homes remain the same or high.
2. The precautions that you were taking so far should continue as the community transmission remains the same. 

Prioritising on improving the wellbeing for social care staff is needed now more than than ever. Here are some actionable steps you can do to make progress on how to keep the mindset right at this difficult time.

Frequently asked questions on type of masks to be used in care homes. Type IIR. EN14683:2019.