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WASHROOM (INCLUDING LEGIONELLA CONTROL)
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EVACUATE INFECTION Cleaning systems specialist
Kaivac highlights the importance of and offers tips on how to prevent both staff and patients/residents within a care environment from contracting Legionnaires’ disease.
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DON’T LET LAUNDRY GET YOU IN A SPIN
Care home laundry service company Berendsen puts forward its case as to why outsourcing laundry services could be the best option for care homes.
REGULARS
NEWS Find out the all of the latest,
news, developments and legislations from the forefront of the industry.
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PRODUCTS AND SERVICES The latest products and
services from across the industry. FEATURES
THE KEY TO SAFE CARE With delayed discharge
from hospital becoming a growing problem for the NHS, companies like The Key Safe Company are increasingly developing ways to encourage independent living and reduce the number of beds occupied within hospitals.
BUILDING A FUTURE FOR ELDERLY CARE
Paul Gouland, Marketing Director at Clugston Construction, explores one care home project which is currently helping to meet the increasing demand for care home stock.
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DON’T LET YOUR WASHROOM GET YOU INTO HOT WATER
Mark Hadaway, Managing Director of Lubron UK, looks at the issues faced by the care industry when it comes to managing the risks associated with Legionella and other water-borne pathogens.
TECHNOLOGY (INCLUDING CARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS)
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ADAPT FOR EASE Matthew Warnes, CEO of
Adaptive Technology (ATEL), highlights why now is the right time to start investing in assistive technology.
CAPTURING CARE MANAGEMENT IN ONE DEVICE
GHM Care, specialist technology provider to care homes, explains how new technology can make care
management as easy and simple as possible by reducing the number of devices staff have to carry to just one.
FITNESS & EXERCISE
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GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME Take a look at the new
technology being trialled by the NHS, which combines physiotherapy with gaming to make rehabilitation fun.
EXERCISE WITH EDDY We spoke to 71-year-old
personal trainer Eddy Diget to find out his advice for exercising at an older age.
MENTAL HEALTH
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UNLIMITED SUPPORT Find out about some of the
projects being launched by social entrepreneurs to help protect the mental health of Britain’s aging society.
PROTECTING THE VULNERABLE
Chris Partington, a Court of Protection Panel Deputy and Solicitor at Slater Heelis LLP, explains the legal protections afforded to people with mental health issues, and how care staff can help to safeguard these individuals.
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