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New report highlights untapped potential of assistive technology

Access Business Mobility Research Solutions by Lee Peart on July 15, 2019

A new report by learning disability charity Hft and Tunstall Healthcare has highlighted the untapped potential of assistive technology in social care.

Nursing home provider fined £24,000 following resident’s death

Access Care home groups Mobility Operators Solutions by Lee Peart on May 23, 2019

A Hartlepool nursing home provider has been fined £24,000 and ordered to pay £14,000 costs following the death of an 83-year-old woman.

Care home operator accused of ‘cheap and botched’ job on lift replacement

Access Care home groups Mobility Operators Solutions by Lee Peart on May 9, 2019

An angry relative has accused a care home operator of carrying out a “cheap and botched” job after it replaced a broken down lift.

Home ‘failed to provide safe care and treatment’ to resident who died after fall

Care homes without nursing Operators by Lee Peart on March 22, 2019

Parkside Care Home in St Helens has been ordered to pay £12,453 in fines and costs after failing to provide safe care and treatment to a resident who died during surgery after falling from a bath chair.

Raizer deal gives a lift to retirement villages across the UK

Access Best Practice Business Business Practice Care home groups Case Studies Equipment Innovation Mobility Operators Solutions by Lee Peart on December 4, 2018

The ExtraCare Charitable Trust has recently invested in some Raizer emergency lifting chairs to help residents get back on their

THE CARE SHOW 2018: Repose targets care homes with specialist seating solutions

Access Best Practice Business Business Practice Equipment Furnishing & fixtures Innovation Solutions by Lee Peart on October 19, 2018

Repose has targeted care home providers with its specialist Boston and Harlem Porter specialist seating solutions at The Care Show 2018. The ranges, which are suitable for elderly people with neurological conditions, including dementia and

Care home residents left stranded upstairs after lift failure

Access Care home groups Maintenance Mobility Operators Solutions by Lee Peart on July 17, 2018

Residents at a Four Seasons care home have been left stranded upstairs for almost three weeks following a lift failure.

Mobility chairs halve care home’s hoisting transfers

Access Equipment Innovation Mobility Solutions by Lee Peart on June 1, 2018

Hoisting transfers have been halved at a Shropshire care home following the introduction of specialist mobility lounge chairs. The transportation

Gainsborough retains Four Seasons assistive bath contract

Access Bathrooms Care home groups Mobility Operators Solutions by Lee Peart on May 16, 2018

Four Seasons Healthcare has re-appointed Gainsborough as its assistive baths supplier. Gainsborough’s Gentona bath was selected by Four Seasons following

SUPPLIER FOCUS: Fire Marshal ‘super-training’ for your care home!

Access Best Practice Business Business Practice Equipment Health & Safety Innovation Mobility People Solutions Training by Lee Peart on May 11, 2018

If you hold fire marshal responsibilities within your care home, you will know the importance of training to safely and

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