Study supports extra care as dementia-capable model
Contrary to beliefs held by some long term care providers, research carried out by social housing provider Housing 21 has concluded that extra care...
The future is exciting for those who provide quality
In a speech to the Laing & Buisson annual long-term care conference recently, the chief executive of Four Seasons Health Care, Tony Heywood, highlighted...
Legal Eye: Agency workers and implied contracts of employment
In previous articles for IHJ, our legal expert Emma Burrows has looked at the thorny issue of just who is the employer of agency...
Responding to grievance: Use the proper procedures
Care providers will be aware that, when dealing with employee grievances, they will have to comply with the statutory procedures set out in the...
Sam Poddar asks: “Is tagging really the answer for confused elderly people?
There are few sadder sights than an old and confused person who has strayed from the safety of his home. For a lost, lonely,...
Agency workers: who is the employer?
The question of the employment status of agency workers has, for some time, been an area of confusion. Is the worker employed by the...
Where will our carers come from?
In an article exclusive to IHJ on-line, Mark Adams, a non-executive director of Passim People, asks whether the UK will have enough care workers...
Shape the pegs to the holes
Senior Managers - How many will survive?Having spent the last years working within the independent health care sector, Adrian Ashurst, a brain injury case...
Senior Managers – How many will survive?
Senior Managers - How many will survive?Having spent the last years working within the independent health care sector, Adrian Ashurst, a brain injury case...
Who’s now who in the Department of Health
Taking the hassle out of effective staff managementIn our latest IT in Focus feature, Cerrus International managing director Stewart Maxwell describes how IT can...
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