Blog

We have a great commitment to make sure everyone gets an Outstanding Care when they are unwell. Through blogging we really want to help both care homes to achieve an Outstanding rating and help people looking for care homes to choose the best by sharing our knowledge.

06th August 2020

CQC future strategy – how it impacts your care business?

Posted by Issac Theophilos

Changes never end within the social care sector. When change happens with regulators, the care providers need to be extra vigilant. Some care business fails as they are not agile enough to make improvements as required. For example, remember how many care homes failed when the new inspection approach with KLOE was implemented in 2014. […]

09th July 2020

Mr & Mrs Sanders handed over the keys of their 5 Stars rated care home in Worthing

Posted by Issac Theophilos

On the 1st of July 2020, one of West Sussex’s leading care homes, The Shelley, was passed on to new owners. The Shelley in Worthing is one of only a handful of care homes in the country which has not only received two ‘Outstanding’ ratings from CQC but latterly received outstanding in all five categories. […]

17th January 2020

Continuous Improvement in Care Homes

Posted by Issac Theophilos

If I ask you what improvements you have made in your care home last year, how are you going to impress me? Health care is never static; each person we are caring for is somehow contributing to improving the system and process of how we are delivering care. As someone said, “Being stagnant is the […]

26th November 2019

Care Home Best Practice – Castleford House Nursing Home

Posted by Guest Blogger

Story of shaking up Lifestyles team at Castleford House Nursing Home. Shock It was October 2018, and we were shocked to see the less favourable customer care survey results for lifestyle coordinator team. ‘Activities’ was an area that had been so strong for us – a fantastic selling point for Castleford House Nursing Home. Perhaps […]

02nd October 2019

Top ten CQC Inspection Checklist for care homes

Posted by Issac Theophilos

The preparation for a CQC inspection starts from the day after the last inspection. Quality assurance in a care home should be an ongoing and robust process. You should never take your eye off the ball. A care home in Nottingham deteriorated their rating from Outstanding to Inadequate in one year time. The most common […]

05th July 2019

How to safely use bed rails in care homes?

Posted by Issac Theophilos

Safe use of bed rails in care homes

13th June 2019

Oral Care in care homes

Posted by Issac Theophilos

How do we care for our teeth? We brush our teeth, twice a day. (Sometimes even more after having a spicy curry) Use mouth fresheners and visit a dentist at least once in a year. Why should it be different for our residents? Dementia is not a reason for not visiting the dentist or not having […]

23rd May 2019

Britain is light years away from delivering outstanding care

Posted by Issac Theophilos

WHORLTON HALL – I always try my best writing about Outstanding care, but I cannot sit here just pretending I have not seen this. Whorlton Hall hospital near Bernard Castle in the county of Durham has been filmed by BBC panorama evidencing abusive and disgusting care. Cygnet (OE) Ltd owns Whorton Hall hospital care for […]

03rd April 2019

Why only 3.7% of the care homes are rated as outstanding in England?

Posted by Issac Theophilos

Care Quality Commission, the independent regulator has introduced the new system of inspection for care homes in October 2014. Under the new inspection regime, care homes will be inspected on five domains – Safety, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led. The new guidelines and criteria are focusing on a holistic approach to the style of inspection. […]

27th February 2019