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National Patient Safety Goals Depend on Good Communication

Relias

Each year, the Joint Commission issues a list of top national patient safety goals for healthcare settings, including hospitals, nursing care centers, behavioral health care and human services, ambulatory healthcare, home care, and more. Improve staff communication. Use medicines safely. Use alarms safely.

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Care Act duties ‘permanently undermined’ by widespread breaches during Covid, argues study

Community Care

Authorities across England cut provision to people needing care and support and carers, for example, by closing day centres or reducing respite services, without making use of the so-called Care Act easements, found the research by the University of Manchester. ” Differences in legal advice.

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The social worker advocating for people with learning disabilities

Community Care

An amazing university colleague, Hannah Morgan, organises a conference every two years with disabled people who are scholars in their field. ” Anybody can just fill out a form and the outcome from that is day care, respite, home care or residential care. They wanted to be at home.

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CQC delivers initial verdict on council adults’ services under new assurance system

Community Care

Gaps in care for people with more complex needs Authorities reported gaps in care for people needing specialist dementia care, autistic people, those with learning disabilities and people with mental health needs.

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Black History Month: inspirational lives, inspiring great careers in care

Social Care

Social care nursing is not really a key area of healthcare in Nigeria. My experience was more in acute, secondary care, and primary care. I started an initiative towards home care nursing in my country, but the opportunity for a better experience outside my country arose and I had to pursue it.

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‘How reablement can better support independence and quality of life’

Community Care

Last year, we published evidence-based and practical recommendations for reablement commissioners and providers , developed by researchers from the University of York, to tackle these barriers and ensure more people receive the high-quality support they need and deserve. Another significant barrier to success is low staff morale.