Heatwaves and care of service users

by Peter Ellis | Jul 13, 2022 | Blogs, News

In the UK a period of hot weather is declared a heatwave if the temperature is greater than 25oC for more than one day. Notably during a heatwave, the night time temperatures also stay high. If you care for elderly or other...

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Great Care and Support Planning – Assessment 1

by Peter Ellis | Jul 6, 2022 | Blogs, Uncategorized

When care and support planning for a service user, there is a structure to the approach nursing and care staff should use which will ensure the care plan is fit for purpose. It does not matter if the care plan is on paper or a...

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Why care homes should be open all hours

by Peter Ellis | Jun 27, 2022 | Blogs

This week is #CareHomeOpenWeek a week in which care homes are encouraged to throw open their doors and let people in to see the work that they do. At Careis, we believe every day should be an open day…. but what do we...

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Effective Informed Consent is Not a One-Off Event 1

by Peter Ellis | Jun 23, 2022 | Blogs

Everything we do in social care relies on someone, usually the service user, providing their informed consent. Looking at various forums and having discussed this issue with many nursing and care staff over the years, it is...

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Consent step-by-step – CQC Fundamental Standards 3

by Peter Ellis | Jun 12, 2022 | Blogs

It is one of the odd things in social care that everyone knows that consent is a fundamental element of good practice and forms the cornerstone of everything we do, but people have, in general, very widely differing views and...

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