Monthly Archives: March 2012

CARE OF DEMENTIA PATIENTS ‘BEGGARS BELIEF’ SAYS FIONA PHILLIPS

March 10, 2012   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia

TV presenter Fiona Phillips yesterday condemned the care of Alzheimer’s patients in Britain and said it “beggars belief” that sufferers are left to “get on with it” without proper support.

 

 

Saturday March 10,2012

By Jo Wiley

 

The former GMTV host spoke movingly of her own plight dealing with the disease just weeks after the death of her beloved father Neville.

Speaking at an international conference on Alzheimer’s, she says she feels he was let down at the end of his life.

He was left a shadow of his former self, “totally out of it” on a cocktail of “chemical cosh” dementia drugs.

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Personalisation is central to social care management standards

March 9, 2012   Carers, disability, Older care
Personalisation should be at the heart of good management in social care
Helen Mooney

Personalisation should be at the heart of good management in social care according to revised management induction standards launched today by Skills for Care.

The refresh of the original 2008 standards sets out core knowledge and skills for managers and is aimed at those new to management as well as those new in post who have previously managed other care services.

The revisions are designed to take account of the personalisation agenda and changes to qualifications.

It says managers are responsible for developing “positive relationships” between staff and service users and families, making the experiences of service users the measure of success and promoting self-determination among clients, as opposed to risk aversion.

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Nurses will be given the chance to learn about Learning Disabilities

March 9, 2012   Carers, hospital, learning difficulties, Uncategorized

Rotation scheme boosts learning disability nurse recruitment

9 March, 2012 | By The Press Association

Newly-qualified nurses have been given the chance to specialise in learning disabilities as part of a new ‘rotation’ scheme in Hertfordshire.

The initiative has been introduced by Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust (HPFT) to tackle a shortage of Learning Disability Nurses (LDNs).

Through links with local higher education institutes, the scheme allows nurses to experience a number of different specialist areas in their first year of employment, before deciding to focus on just one.

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