Tag Archives: Older care

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust will host the launch a national campaign Triangle of Care

March 12, 2012   Carers, dementia, health, mental health, Norfolk

Triangle of Care March event

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS trust to launch drive to involve health care staff, people with mental health needs and their carers Edited by Jane Hill editor@wellbeingnorfolk.co.uk
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust will host the launch a national campaign Triangle of Care, that calls for better involvement between health care staff, service users and their carers.
The event, which takes place on Friday 23 March 2012 is part of a wider–program of events organised to mark the public launch of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.

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Care home residents ‘denied basic GP medical services’

March 11, 2012   Carers, Older care

11 March 2012 Last updated at 05:05

 Cecil Dean’s family claim a GP refused to visit him as he lay in a care home suffering from pneumonia

By Adrian Goldberg Presenter, 5 live Investigates

Some doctors are refusing to visit elderly care home residents, a BBC investigation has found.

Instead they are offering a diagnosis over the phone which care home managers say is unsatisfactory and dangerous.

In one case, care home records show a GP refused or reluctantly made a visit to a man suffering from pneumonia on three occasions.

The British Medical Association told the BBC it agreed the quality of care given to care homes could vary.

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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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