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40% of people delayed in hospital awaiting social care package

Community Care

The letter follows concerns from social care leaders about the government’s allocation of £200m to the NHS this winter to help reduce delays by block-booking care home placements for up to four weeks. This is in addition to £500m made available for a wider range of services to reduce delays, including home care.

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Regional care commissioning ‘risks greater costs, bureaucracy and remote decision making’

Community Care

While the review acknowledged voluntary regional commissioning arrangements were a reality, it said these were having “limited impact” This was because providers did not have to engage in them, in the knowledge that individual councils would purchase a place independently if need was sufficiently urgent.

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Grow Your Own Home Health Aides To Capture New Business

Relias

“We don’t have the number of employees that it currently takes to meet the care needs of the market.”. In terms of home care aides, the 2020 turnover rate reached 36.5%, according to highlights from a salary report by the National Association for Home Care and Hospice and its survey partner.

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Personal perspectives on the Care Workforce Pathway

Social Care

She feels fortunate to have a good home care provider and explains how identifying the right values and behaviours are crucial. When, for instance, my daughter rang from holiday to say she had got engaged, I cried. The assistance I receive lives up to the Making it Real statement: ‘I am treated with respect and dignity’."

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What Does KVC Stand For?

KVC

Building Expertise in Serving Children & Families While KVC started as a small group home for boys, we’ve since learned from research that residential group home care is not the ideal living situation for most children. Instead, “Children grow best in families.” KVC is a great place to work!

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Dementia Care: Understanding What To Do and When

Relias

They are trying to connect and engage with their caregivers. “We Rather than expressing their frustration, said Snow, caregivers should recognize that people with dementia don’t remember that they told the story before. We need to shift our interaction skills,” she said. you can say something like, Oh, West Virginia?

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Future-Proof Your Workforce: Post-Acute Care Reskilling and Upskilling

Relias

In a learning culture, engaged care teams embrace: • Creative problem solving and knowledge sharing. • Providing a coordinated approach to ongoing learning and skills development not only will help your team adapt to future care needs, but also will help you retain valuable talent. Offer higher levels of care to patients. •