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Brunelcare builds bridges with South Gloucestershire care home


Brunelcare has opened the Little Heath care home and reablement centre in Cadbury Heath in South Gloucestershire after a two- year build. The 64-bed care home and 24-bed


reablement centre has welcomed its first guests following registration with the Care Quality Commission. Working in partnership with University


Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW), the new facility is expected to play a key role in freeing up hospital beds to take pressure away from the NHS during this critical time. “Brunelcare were determined, despite the


Covid-19 crisis, that we would go ahead with the opening of Little Heath centre. This is the first time that Brunelcare and UHBW have worked in such a close partnership and we’re excited about the potential for more collaboration between the world of social care and the NHS in the future,” said Brunelcare chief executive Oona Goldsworthy. UHBW strategy director Paula Clarke said:


“Working more closely with our partners to support people to leave our hospitals when they are medically well enough is a key part of our strategic approach for the future, but the current pandemic makes this even more essential.” “We are delighted that some of our patients


will be able to access further support from the bespoke reablement unit at Little Heath that will help them return home with as much independence as possible,” she added. The build includes lounges, quiet areas and


Dementia home owners make perfect


pitch for Dragons' Den armchair table cash The owners of a dementia home in Wales have won £10,0000 backing to develop a foldaway plastic table for residents via BBC television show Dragons’ Den. Philip and Lakshmy Pengelly, who run the


Cilymaenllwyd care home near Llanelli, were offered the money by ‘Dragon’ Sara Davies in return for a 25% equity stake in their FlipTop venture. The airliner-style FlipTop table allows the


user to sit down to eat or drink at their armchair. The innovation is claimed to be safer, more portable and more hygienic than existing


solutions used by care homes. Businesswoman Davies, owner of Crafter’s


Companion, said on the BBC2 programme this month that the invention has personal relevance to her. "I really like you two a lot - my nana's in a


dementia care home, so you both had me from the start," said the 35-year-old. "I'm impressed by your passion and


ambition - I massively respect that." Another Dragon, fashion magnate Touker


Suleyman made an offer of £10,000 for a 35% share of the business.


breakout spaces for residents and guests, and a gym to be used with physiotherapists to help aid guests’ recovery. Each room at the reablement centre


includes its own ensuite with level access wetroom. The centre also hosts a ‘town square’ that


replicates a busy high street, with coffee shop, hairdresser and onsite shop that will officially open later in the year for use by guests, residents and their families.


My Learning Cloud launches Covid-19 skills training


Online professional development outfit My Learning Cloud has launched a Skills for Care-backed Covid-19 training initiative. The ‘Covid-19 – Essential Training’


scheme, supported by the Care Quality Commission, has been designed to provide online training to all adult social care employers. The initiative - aimed at volunteers,


existing staff and staff being redeployed – offers rapid induction for new staff, including an easy to use care certificate self-assessment. Working alongside Skills for Care, My


Learning Cloud has made 10 elearning courses free of charge to any UK care organisation: Care Certificate, Health and Safety Awareness, Assisting and Moving People, Infection Control, Basic Life Support, Medication Awareness, Fire Awareness, Safeguarding Adults, Food Safety and Volunteer Induction. The offer will continue throughout the


Covid-19 outbreak. 4 www.thecarehomeenvironment.com• April 2020


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