Elderly metalheads sneak out of care home to mosh at Wacken Festival
In what is simultaneously the greatest and most heartwarming story we’ve reported on Care Briefing, two German chaps sneaked out of their care home last weekend to attend that country’s biggest heavy metal festival. The 4-day Wacken Festival, this year headlined by awesome bands including Judas Priest, In Flames and Hatebreed, is up there with […]
Four in ten Brits doubt they will have enough to live on in old age
Of those, one in three (30%) don’t know how they will make up the shortfall, while four in ten (42%) plan on returning to work, according to a YouGov survey. Almost half (47%) of Brits report feeling ‘uncertain’ about their finances in retirement. A quarter (24%) say they feel ‘anxious’, and over a fifth (22%) […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Sentida 7-i – The intelligent nursing home bed
With sentida 7-i, wissner-bosserhoff does not only continue the success story of universal and low nursing beds, it also sets new standards in electronics and intelligent sensors, which previously had only been available for hospital beds. At the same time, the nursing home bed maintains the cozy design that distinguishes all wissner-bosserhoff products. Tailored to […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Arrive Digital Marketing
Arrive is a marketing agency with significant experience and understanding of the care industry, and known for creative, digital campaigns which engage audiences and drive enquiries for operators. Using bespoke insight and data, combined with their wealth of knowledge within the sector, Arrive are helping care operators to target specific, local audiences using cost-effective and […]
Secure your place for at the Care Forum today
You can now secure your VIP delegate place or supplier stand at the next Care Forum, which takes place on July 1st & 2nd 2019 at Heythrop Park in Oxfordshire. The Forum is a highly-focused event that brings care home facilities and operations professionals together for one-to-one business meetings, interactive seminars and valuable networking opportunities. […]
Government ‘planning social care tax’ to meet £3.5bn funding gap
Ministers are discussing the possibility of introducing a ‘social care’ levy to cover the cost of elderly care, according to various media reports. The Sun cites sources that say the idea has been pushed by former Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, and will enable a £3.5 billion funding gap to be closed. The proposal would see […]
Care England ‘expresses disappointment’ at CCG & CSU conduct
Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of social care, has again expressed its disappointment about the conduct of some Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and Commissioning Support Units (CSUs). Professor Martin Green OBE, Chief Executive of Care England said: “The system simply fails to hold CCGs, or CSUs as their agents, to account. If […]
5 Minutes With… Dan Morris, Arrive Digital Marketing
We sat down with Dan Morris, MD at Arrive Digital Marketing, to talk about their recent projects in the care home sector and the marketing opportunities across the industry… Tell us about the background to Arrive Digital Marketing – when was the company launched, by whom, and how did you find yourselves focusing on the […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: SafeSense intelligent bed sensor system
Sustainable fall prevention for utmost safety. This is what the SafeSense bed exit assistance system of wissner-bosserhoff stands for. On a national average, the annual number of falls in nursing homes and hospitals is 1.5 falls per bed*. The consequences of falls to a patient’s health are often very serious for elderly people and, in […]
PillTime: A Free Solution to Medication Management
What if we told you that you could spend less time sorting medication, more time caring for patients and have confidence that their medication had undergone rigorous accuracy checking? Your first question would probably be: “what’s the cost?” PillTime delivers all of the above completely free of charge. Our service reduces the likelihood of administration […]