HOW TO: Create a COVID-safe and secure workplace for your employees
By Oliver Morrison, CEO, Filter Digital Now more than ever, employers are having to reassess their health and safety guidance for staff to ensure a safe and secure workplace for their employees. But how do you check your employees are well and reporting no symptoms of infectious diseases before they arrive for work? Employers have a […]
APETITO WEBINAR: Inspiring an Outstanding Dining Experience – Join us next Thursday @ 2pm!
Join us for the second of apetito’s webinar series next Thursday, September 10th at 2pm-3pm – the topic this week is Inspiring an outstanding dining experience in care homes. Dining Experience in Care Homes. At apetito we firmly believe that food has the ability to make a real difference to the lives of care home […]
APETITO WEBINAR: Dysphagia & IDDSI Awareness
By apetito Join us on Thursday 27th August for our free Dysphagia & IDDSI Webinar for Care Homes. Hosted by our Dietitians Emily Stuart & Declan Henderson, the session aims to: Build understanding of dysphagia and its effects Highlight the challenges dysphagia poses to residents Introduce the IDDSI framework Offer further free support to your […]
How can we care for people living with dementia during coronavirus?
In the UK, 850,000 people currently live with dementia but this is set to reach 1.6 million people by 2040 due to the ageing population (1). Caring for a loved one living with dementia at any time brings challenges, but a global pandemic makes daily life that much more difficult. Even once lockdown restrictions have […]
Addressing COVID-19 in socially deprived communities needs to be driven by facts, not speculation
Leveraging data analytics within local authorities will help to identify individuals within a community who are most at risk from coronavirus, writes Ciaran Gallagher, Senior Consultant and Enablement & Training Lead, TrueCue… Throughout the coronavirus crisis, organisations across the globe have been forced to operate with their hands tied behind their back. Contracts have been significantly […]
Can a data centre achieve Net Zero?
By OnSite Energy Projects Achieving net zero is a challenge for any business but data centres are amongst the most power hungry users. Globally data centres consume >3% of total power generation (that’s 140% of the entire UK power generation). So can data centres ever attain net zero ? Some data centres simply buy “green […]
CareShield Case Study: Sussex Healthcare
Providing care services for over 35 years, Sussex Healthcare has 16 care homes across the UK offering specialist care for older people, dementia care, neurological care and PMLD care. Business Challenges: Compliance training for safe and effective service delivery. Staff recruitment and retention. Solutions: CareShield technology and online learning courses. Implementation of CareShield in January […]
Could taking Service Directories mainstream be a step towards improving our social care service?
By Paul Tomlinson, Managing Director of IEG4 It was a hotly debated topic in the recent election and the subject of focus in the Prime Ministers recent Queen’s Speech. Social care funding is under the microscope like never before. In her thought-provoking TedTalk, entitled ‘Social Services Are Broken. How Can We Fix Them?’, author Hilary […]
CASE STUDY: Ablyss Care Management System at Prospect House
Prospect House is a 65 bedded residential and nursing home with EMI services based in the centre of Malpas, Cheshire. Prospect House is one of only a few homes in Cheshire to have achieved ‘Platinum’ status at the National Gold Standard Framework Awards. “CMS has been instrumental in our achieving the accreditation,” said Joanne Scott, […]
Do you have a Net Zero strategy?
The UK has become the first major economy to pass laws requiring all greenhouse gas emissions to be net zero by 2050. The electricity grid is decarbonising (its carbon intensity has dropped by over 50% since 2011 to where it is today – 254 g CO2 per kWh) and is forecast to drop another 50% by 2030. Grid […]