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Pepper the robot steals the show at NASHiCS conference

Business Business Practice Equipment Events Innovation by Lee Peart on October 18, 2019

CHP found out about the exciting potential of assistive technology in care at this year’s National Association for Safety and Health in Care Services (NASHiCS) conference in Northamptonshire.

Ombudsman finds Bupa at fault over hoist transfer incident

Access Business Care home groups Compliance Mobility Operators Solutions by Lee Peart on September 6, 2019

Bupa has agreed to apologise and pay £150 to a former resident who complained he was injured during a hoist transfer.

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

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

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