Maria Mallaband invests £500,000 in dementia suite
Maria Mallaband Care Group has invested £500,000 in a dementia suite in one of its care homes to help ‘empower’ independence and wellbeing of...
Nourish Care makes pain data more accessible with AI integration
Nourish Care has integrated artificial intelligence (AI)-powered pain assessment tool PainChek to its platform to help improve care and support outcomes.
PainChek’s AI and automation...
CMA calls for market oversight regime in children’s social care
A statutory oversight regime capable of assessing the financial health of the most difficult to replace providers of children’s homes should be set up...
Adult social care ‘on the cusp’ of ‘exciting transformation’
Pouring money into bad models will not shift the dial in reforming the social care sector.
Speaking at LaingBuisson’s Innovation in Care conference this month,...
Independent sector proves itself as a ‘reliable infrastructure provider’
At a launch event of the latest Care Homes for Older People report, its author told an audience a watershed moment for the sector...
MDTs have positive impact on care home residents, research finds
Research from Barnet Hospital has revealed the introduction of care home multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs) drastically reduced emergency admissions, helping to ease pressures faced by...
Care staff invited to provide views on strategy for older people
Social care staff are being asked to help shape a strategy for older people in Scotland and help improve services.
With National Care Service plans...
Antser trials VR technology to support training of foster carers
Antser is trialling virtual reality (VR) technology at two councils to help deliver trauma and safeguarding training among foster carers.
The tech solutions provider is...
‘Hastily scraped together’ care cap amendment rejected by peers
Members of the House of Lords have voted against a government amendment to the Care Act covering the cap on care costs, with one...
ARCO commissions review into the case for IRCs
Professor Les Mayhew and the International Longevity Centre will lead a review into the case for integrated retirement communities (IRCs) and the scale of...
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