Guide2care information for care providers



	Care Professionals Section

Recruitment

Training

Software

Policies & Procedures

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Happy New Year: here's 75p to spend
Care home residents have been celebrating the new year with the prospect of a full 75p rise in their personal allowance.

Government considers private policies for long term care
The government is considering private insurance as one option to help improve the system of paying for long term care for older people.

Resident death prompts risk assessment reminder to care organisations
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning health and social care employers to ensure that risk assessments are carried out to determine the suitability of equipment used in everyday tasks.

CSCI acts to cancel Market Harborough care home's registration
The social care regulator, the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI), has obtained a court order to cancel the registration of a residential care home in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, after the safety and welfare of the elderly residents were judged to be at serious risk.

Compassion 'key to good health care'
Amanda Platt still burns with indignation when she recalls her late father-in-law's dying days in the care of the NHS.

Council fined after 90-year-old lady dies
The fine follows an incident that occurred in June 2007 outside the house of a 90-year-old lady. As a service user of the Wombourne Day Centre she was sitting in a wheelchair when it fell from the back of a vehicle operated by Staffordshire County Council.
.....................................................................................................................

-----------------------------------------------------------
Falls Prevention
The FallsX™ InfraRed Bedside Monitor can be used for either Falls or Wandering Prevention in Care Homes, Domiciliary Care or Hospitals.

Staff training Packs from W&P Assessment and training
Over the past 12 months W&P have been developing their very popular staff training packs.

The latest release from regis:ctv
A comprehensive tool for Health and Safety training.

Train to Gain Funding available for all NVQ's
contact Rgis Training 0800 0680 978
or email khunter@regis.co.uk

AUTOMATED CARE PLANNING MUST BE THE WAY FORWARD
CSCI’s annual “State of Social Care Report” states that just under 50% of care homes do not meet the National Minimum Standards
...........................................................

---------------------------------------------
Welcome
Guide2care welcomes 3 new
companies:-
Stone Executive(Recruitment)

Alberphil (Dementia Training)

Tutorcare (Training)
........................................................

Small Businesses are the lifeblood of the UK economy
As forward looking companies recognise the relationship between training and business.....

Sale of Byway House Residential Care Home

Films in Care Homes
Arranging a film entertainment event for your care home residents, staff and guests is illegal without the right ‘copyright’ licence.
.........................................

Local Associations

National Care Managers Assoc

Business Advice

Accountancy

Architects

Banking and Finance

Business Transfer Agents

Events

In the Press
Two arrests as care home is shut
A care home for the elderly has been closed after inspectors ruled that there was a "serious risk" to residents' safety.
.....................................

.....................................

Housing crash leaves elderly struggling to pay care bills
As homes fail to sell, many may have to revise plans for their later years. Elderly people who are struggling to release funds from their houses to pay care-home fees.
.......................................

.......................................

Early Findings From Care Commission Grading Scheme Reveals Care Homes Fall Behind
The first six months of the Care Commission’s grading system has revealed that care homes for older people have scored some of the lowest results across the care sector.
.....................................

.....................................

........................................................................

CARING MIRANDA FINALIST FOR PRESTIGOUS CARE AWARDS DOUBLE
Craegmoor Healthcare, a leading provider of specialist support for people in need of quality nursing, residential and convalescence care, is today congratulating Birkenshaw-based staff member Miranda Housecroft on being a finalist in two of this year's most prestigious national care awards.

WORLD RENOUND EXPERT IN LEARNING DISABILITY HOLDS SEMINAR FOR CRAEGMOOR STAFF
In a fantastic coup, Craegmoor Healthcare, a leading provider of specialist support to people with learning disabilities, mental health illnesses and other needs, is excited to announce that the internationally renowned expert on developmental disability David Hingsburger has recently completed a series of training seminars for Craegmoor staff.

FUNDING GAP ‘CRISIS’ FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ASPERGER SYNDROME HIGHLIGHTED AT MAJOR LONDON CONFERENCE
Young people with Asperger syndrome are not receiving critically important support services because they do not fit into rigidly enforced funding criteria.

Bringing Much Needed Service to Cambridgeshire
Swanton Care & Community, the national care provider for people with complex needs, last week formally opened its new purpose-built-and-designed rehabilitation service Eden View.
...................................................................................................

Chief Executive Officer (Nursing & Care homes) North London £150K
.......................................................................

Managing Director - (Care & Nursing Homes) Northern Ireland 75K+
.................................................................

Regional Manager (Care & Nursing Homes) Midlands & East Anglia £50K
.....................................................

Immigration Matters

Points Based Tier 4 for students to be phased in next year
The UK Border Agency has announced that Tier 4, for students, due to start next March, will now be phased in with full implementation taking place in August 2009.

Farewell to Work Permits as Tier 2 and 5 goes live
Tier's 2 and 5 of the much heralded points based system (PBS) went live today signaling a sad farewell to the paper based Work Permit, as well as the popular Working Holiday and TWES schemes.
........................................................
Employment Law
in association with
Peninsula Business Services

Politically correct brigade demands one woman on each fire engine
..........................................................................

Women police officers lose appeal over equal pay
..........................................................................

Pay cuts and freezes loom for millions in private sector
.........................................................................

Employment Act sweeps away unpopular dispute resolution procedures
.........................................................................

Single mothers 'stressed on return to work'
.........................................................................

TUPE: Employees did not transfer where the administrator acted with a view to liquidation
.........................................................................

Simple Steps to Stop Race Bias
.........................................................................
CBI chief begs 'don't axe jobs'
.........................................................................
Brown plans retraining lifeline for newly jobless
.........................................................................
60,000 households to pay tax at 90 per cent

.........................................................................

Free Employment Law Seminars 2009

No -10424 - Bournemouth 20 February
No -10426 - Truro 25 February
No- 10432 - Newcastle 25 March
To book click on event

Information/advice

Useful links

Association Links

Business Advice

Events