GPs have been asked to ensure care home patients suffering from the coronavirus have a ‘do not resuscitate’ order in place where appropriate.
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Leaders have issued an urgent plea for care homes to be given more priority in the distribution of PPE as staff approach breaking point in the battle against the coronavirus.
A Brighton nursing home that closed its doors following contact with a healthcare professional diagnosed with coronavirus has reopened following a precautionary clean.
A web-based Capacity Tracker is combating bed blocking by enabling care homes to instantly make their vacancies visible to hospital discharge teams.
GPs will be required to visit care homes at least every fortnight from September under new requirements revealed by NHS England.
Connected care and health solutions provider Tunstall Healthcare has announced the launch of its innovative and revolutionary Tunstall Carecom nurse call system.
Sanctuary Care has awarded Invatech Health with a contract to deliver electronic medication administration records (eMARs) across its care homes.
The Committee will look at the impact of diet, exercise and nutrition on ageing to understand how to better combat the ageing process.
Jonathan Papworth, co-founder and director of Person Centred Software, explains how technology is helping care homes to provide evidence of outstanding pressure care to inspectorate bodies such as the CQC.
