I spent a while today reviewing feedback from student nurses on placements in the home over the past year. Glad to see that we changed hearts & minds about the #stigma of #carehomes. Student nurses need care home placements, if you aren't a practice learning environment, why not?

Do you work in care homes and want to learn about the 'What Matters to You' approach? Sign up for a ‘What Matters to You?’ session for care home providers and learn how kindness can improve the way we deliver care: alliance-scotland.org.uk/blog/events/wh…

Tommy Whitelaw BCAh So great to meet one of my Twitter heroes ARNS conference. An emotional rollercoaster of a keynote talk to start our conference with a focus on people not conditions. Civility matters.

South East Care Home Group Launches Specialist Physiotherapy And Rehabilitation Programme thecareruk.com/south-east-car… #Care #Care_Homes #Care_Residents #Health

BirchfieldCareHome CareHomesQI 💚 💙 When I was doing some research in care homes, some of my best interviews/chats happened in the garden. It seems that being outside in nature on a warm day relaxes people & brings out their amazing stories.

Care home staff nurses are specialists, providing vital care with compassion and empathy. They deserve recognition and respect every day. Every nurse is vital in all sectors, healthcare and social care. #CareHomeNurses #RespectCareWorkers #EssentialStaff

How changes in GPs’ ways of working have affected community nurses - our new study in The British Journal of General Practice here: bjgp.org/content/bjgp/e… Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge CPFT NIHR ARC East of England Jesus College

If government really wants to shift care into the community, it needs to retain a proficient community nursing workforce. Currently that's not happening. nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/the-l…

Some of our residents enjoyed our Eat Out trip for some lovely food. We can’t wait for our next group to go! #Blackburn #carehomes #carehomesuk #elderly #Lancashire #respite #daycare #residential #wecare #socialcare #care

If you’re a health or care professional (or even non professional) looking after older people then you’ve found your tribe British Geriatrics Society … loads of resources, best practice guidance, education, events. Come and join one of the biggest MDTs in the world 👇and help shape the future

UPCOMING WEBINAR: Intelligent pain management 🧠 JOIN US on 10 June for this exciting webinar featuring a presentation on PainChek from the Chief Scientific Officer, Jeff Hughes. 🧑‍💻 REGISTER NOW:👉lse.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #CareTech #PainManagement #CareHomes

.1/ Funding axe for Level 7 apprenticeships ‘shuts off important career route’ for nurses nursinginpractice.com/community-nurs… Saddened by this news that will directly impact upon the recruitment & retention of critical community & primary care nursing roles in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England. ⬇️

Helen Anderson PhD RN QN #hellomynameisjanet RN PNA QN 💙 Prof Alison Leary 💙#ProtectNurse Primary Care Nursing Pioneers .3/ Our patients carers and communities deserve to be seen and supported by experienced nurses with the breadth and depth of skills, knowledge, needed to deliver excellence in care. This decision will adversely impact clinical quality & nursing outcomes.

Day 4 of our #jointheconversation about #carehome research Care Homes tell us that #dementia is their 4th top priority for #research. Thoughts?? There is lots of dementia research happening - let us know what is happening

Has your Care Home or Home Care service received an Outstanding rating through the new Care Quality Commission framework? Would you like to bring positive publicity to your setting and support others to provide outstanding care? We’d love to hear from you as we build our newest

Review of CQC Regulation 9A is seeking views from individuals, professionals and organisations about visiting & accompanying in #carehomes, hospitals & hospices in England since Regulation 9A came into force 6 April 2024. Closes at 11:59pm on 9 July 2025 gov.uk/government/cal…

A couple of standout findings from this. First, support programmes rarely included #socialcare providers, VCSE organisations and housing. That has been a familiar and justifiable complaint about cooperation/integration between the NHS and its partners. gov.uk/government/pub…

Just a care home girl CareHomesQI 💚 💙 We all benefit from having students

👇👇👇 incredibly powerful reflection on #ageism in our society. We need to ask older people now what is important to them as much as we ask the young what is important for their future. We need to reduce the fear of ageing by being realistic about our potential future needs.

“Emmy was about 10 months old in the first photo below, that was just over 7 years ago! Since then Emmy has continued to make connections between the generations, playing balloon badminton this week at Broadlands Lodge Care Home. Friend in Deed was in its infancy back then..