Personalised care at Barchester Care Homes Despite the drizzle the Range Rovers were as sparkling and new as though they were still in a showroom. This was clearly an affluent street in Wimbledon, lined, beyond the cars, by well-appointed Victorian …
In this blog we discuss the importance of health improvement and supporting health and wellbeing in a care home setting and how as care home managers we support our staff to make this happen. We do this through telling the …
We know Making Every Contact Count (MECC), including behaviour change interventions, can lead to improvements in people’s health and well-being, reduce avoidable premature mortality linked to poor lifestyle choices, reduce health inequalities and help people better manage long term conditions. …
Are you a health promoting practitioner? This question was asked at several conferences recently and the initial response revealed that only 20% of AHPs in the audience viewed themselves as such. This low response wasn’t because AHPs are not acting …
Welcome to our third week of action about ‘Personalised Care and Population Health,’ our national programme about the nursing, midwifery, health visiting and AHP contribution to public health. This week focuses on health improvement and the importance of being ‘health …
Welcome to the start of our week on health improvement and health promoting practitioners. This short blog is to provide a pointer for what we have coming up today and some things you may want to book for later in …
In the week of 23rd June we will be undertaking our third 'week of action' for personalised care and population health, focusing on the nursing, midwifery, health visitor and allied health profession contribution to health improvement and on being ‘health …
May 12th is International Nurses' Day (IND) and this year has at its centre the responsibility and opportunity nurses have to improve the health of population and the need worldwide for enough highly skilled nurses to ensure quality of care …
In January I wrote about the Government’s plans to reduce the need for restrictive interventions and to promote the use of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS). I am pleased to say that on 3 April 2014, Norman Lamb, Care and Support …
The view from my bedroom window as a child was dominated by a magnolia tree. It grew fast and strong, much quicker and stronger than I did! Mrs Jenkins[1] can also see a magnolia tree, heavy with blossom, from her …
