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CONTENTS COVER STORY 12 6


PERSONAL SAFETY FIRST Rachel Blackburn, Head of Care Homes at Millenium


Care, talks to Tomorrow’s Care about how Pinpoint’s Staff Alarm System kept employees safe when dealing with residents with challenging behaviour.


REGULARS


NEWS Our news section combines care sector updates with a look


at what’s been going within your care homes and care services across the UK.


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WHAT'S NEW? Discover all the latest company developments and


product and service releases across the health and social care sectors.


TEN QUESTIONS WITH… In this issue’s hot seat, Dr. Linda Harris, Chief


Executive at Spectrum Community Health CIC, answers our ten questions. Find out how she thinks the care sector could be improved.


FEATURES


LOGGING ON Skills for Care highlights five ways that social care


providers can utilise digital resources to improve what they do, how they do it, and the teams who do it.


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PRIVACY PROTECTOR Dedicated monitoring solutions that look aſter the


wellbeing of residents and enshrine their privacy are the future of the care industry, explains Dr Harro Stokman, CEO of Kepler Vision.


FURNITURE & INTERIORS 24 26


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IN GOOD HANDS What is the significance of reliable patient handling


equipment in hospital and community care settings in the Forth Valley Health Board area? Brian Stewart of Falkirk Council discusses.


A GUIDE TO SOCIALISE Do you think a patient is lonely? Here is what you can do


to help as a care provider from Luca Rado, Founder of The Live in Care Company.


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HOME SWEET HOME What are the different elements that should go into


designing a care home in order to provide a safe and comfortable environment for residents? Rishi Sodha, Care Director at Priesty Fields Care Home, talks us through some suggestions.


DELIVERING DIGNITY Stuart Reynolds, Head of Product and Marketing at


AKW, discusses why having the right equipment available to maximise the independence of your residents is so important.


WASTE MANAGEMENT


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DON’T DUMP IT, DYE IT Paul Hamilton, Technical Director of Regenex, talks


about an emerging trend in garment coloration and re- coloration that’s becoming a game changer for healthcare organisations and their laundries.


WASTE NOT, WANT NOT Commander Brian Boxall Hunt, Chief Executive at The


Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, discusses how care homes can implement changes to reduce their environmental impact.


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SAFETY & SECURITY SYSTEMS


SUPPORTING A SAFER FUTURE Stephen Cavanagh, Ascom’s Senior Sales Consultant for


Long-term Care, explains how the latest technology can continue to keep elderly residents safe as we liſt restrictions.


FEEDBACK LOOP The only effective way of monitoring and maintaining


standards in care homes is to get frequent and honest comments from end users, says Paul Botsford, Head of Assisted Living Technology & Services at Secure Meters.


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