CONTENTS
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COVER STORY
SNUG AS A BUG Discover how Win Health’s
range of Snug Positioning Pillows can take pressure off staff and enhance residents’ quality of life at the same time.
REGULARS 6
NEWS... Catch up on the latest industry
news, including the CQC’s latest round of social care inspections and the UKHCA’s report on council contracts.
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GETTING IN LINE Tomorrow’s Care columnist
Richard Bates outlines how care providers can satisfy the new CQC regulations.
TEN QUESTIONS WITH... ALISON BOOTE
Akari Care’s Alison Boote tells us why healthcare workers in private organisations don’t always get the respect they deserve.
FEATURES
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BIDS AND BARTERS Thornton & Lowe’s Lee Wagstaff
explains why the company believes outsourcing is here to stay.
FRANKLY MY DEAR Adam Hartrick, Partner for
Health and Social Care at Hempsons, ensures your care facility complies with CQC’s new duty of candour.
MENTAL HEALTH CARE
KEEP ON ENROLLING Find out how the Stroke
Association’s online training course could boost care for more than 25% of care home residents.
PARKINSON’S: MORE THAN MOVEMENT
Parkinson’s UK explains why the industry needs a better understanding of how the disease can affect mental health.
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LOO CARES SCA’s Stephen Wright looks at
the large impact that small details can have on the wellbeing of older residents.
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GREEN TO BE CLEAN Dr. Peter Barratt from Initial
Washroom Hygiene offers his advice on creating washrooms that residents, visitors and the planet will love.
TECHNOLOGY IN CARE 40
GOING MOBILE Mobile devices have the power
to make social care more personal, but only if it’s deployed correctly. TotalMobile’s CEO Colin Reid explains.
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VITAL SIGN OF THE TIMES Oxehealth recently won
funding to develop its camera-based patient monitoring technology. As it goes on trial in real hospitals, Tomorrow’s Care finds out more.
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