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NATIONWIDE RECRUITMENT WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH Bluerock Employment Group explains what makes them


the UK's frontrunners in recruiting and supplying highly-skilled healthcare professionals to residential and nursing homes.


REGULARS


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WHAT’S NEW Discover all the latest company developments and product


and service updates across the health and social care sectors. FEATURES


A GLORIOUSLY ORDINARY LIFE Rob Finney, Chief Operating Officer at Tristone


Healthcare, takes a close-up look at the recommendations made by the House of the Lords committee on reforms to adult social care.


POSITIVE RISK-TAKING AND INDEPENDENCE Sam Hussain, Founder and CEO of Log my Care, delves


into how technology can enable goal setting and help give people the autonomy they need in care.


THE SOUND OF MUSIC Music therapy helps bring older people together and


improves the quality of life, explains Daniel Thomas, Managing Director at Chroma.


SAFETY & SECURITY


BETTER PROTECTED Michelle Corrigan, Programme Manager, Better


Security, Better Care, explains how the DSPT annual self- assessment tool is helping care managers to safeguard staff, client, and business information in the digital age.


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CAUSE FOR ALARM Pinpoint outlines the main considerations when


choosing a staff safety system for care facilities. FURNITURE & INTERIORS


DESIGNING FOR STROKE REHABILITATION Stuart Reynolds, UK Marketing & Product Management


Director at AKW, shows how care home bathrooms can be adapted to better accommodate the needs of stroke survivors.


COLOUR ME HAPPY Tony Huggins, Managing Director of David Bailey


Furniture Systems, describes how changes to the visual environment in Britain’s care homes can make a huge difference to the lives of residents.


MEDICATION & RESEARCH


A PRESCRIPTION FOR PROGRESSIVE PERFORMANCE Pouching medications has emerged as a game-changer


in the social care sector, says Peter Thnoia, Chief Product and Innovation Officer at PillTime.


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WASTE NOT, WANT NOT Hayden Hibbert, Director of Client Relations at


allmanhall, outlines some achievable actions that can be implemented to help reduce this food waste at this critical time.


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