Feature Articles

On average about 30 people die from carbon monoxide poisoning every year, as a result of improperly installed, maintained or poorly ventilated gas appliances and flues. Many more are made ill by the gas. Martin Hodgson explains what domiciliary care managers can do to ensure that their service users and staff are safe from what is commonly known as the “silent killer”.

Jef Smith reviews the still-uncertain prospects for a reform of social care funding.

Last year saw yet more cases of the theft of valuables and possessions from service users in the care sector, many of the crimes perpetrated by the very staff paid to protect them. Martin Hodgson investigates the situation.

Last year saw yet more cases of the theft of valuables and possessions from service users in the care sector, many of the crimes perpetrated by the very staff paid to protect them. Martin Hodgson investigates the situation.

Guidance covering the content of first-aid boxes has recently changed and is applicable from the beginning of 2012. What is the latest guidance and what do employers have to do to comply? Martin Hodgson explains.

Guidance covering the content of first-aid boxes has recently changed and is applicable from the beginning of 2012. What is the latest guidance and what do employers have to do to comply? Martin Hodgson explains.

A term recently adopted by the care home industry is “a home for life”, an expression that encapsulates with directness, style and economy exactly what the best care regimes aspire to for their customers. Whether a residential home, a nursing home, a sheltered or very sheltered housing unit, or a domiciliary care agency supporting people in their own residences, everyone seems eager to offer their customers a settled location on that they can depend “for life”. But, wonders Jef Smith, how true can these claims be?

A term recently adopted by the care home industry is “a home for life”, an expression that encapsulates with directness, style and economy exactly what the best care regimes aspire to for their customers. Whether a residential home, a nursing home, a sheltered or very sheltered housing unit, or a domiciliary care agency supporting people in their own residences, everyone seems eager to offer their customers a settled location on that they can depend “for life”. But, wonders Jef Smith, how true can these claims be?

Jef Smith looks at extra care housing, still largely unexplored as a care option.

Jef Smith looks at extra care housing, still largely unexplored as a care option.