Laura Belford-Thomas, Author at The Good Care Group - Page 15 of 56

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Case Study – Mrs P’s story – returning home from a care home

Posted 08 Mar 2021

Case Study – Mrs P’s story – returning home from a care home

When The Good Care Group was first involved with Mrs P, she was 85 years old, had a diagnosis of dementia and had been living in a care home for a year. Before transitioning to the care home, Mrs P

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Care to collaborate – “The Good Care Group cares about our clients as much as we do”

Posted 02 Mar 2021

Care to collaborate – “The Good Care Group cares about our clients as much as we do”

The Good Care Group have had a professional partnership with All About Homecare for over four years. All About Home Care is a CQC ‘Outstanding’ rated hourly care service, providing care to clients in Sevenoaks, Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding

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Carer’s Story – Music to feed the soul

Posted 10 Feb 2021

Carer’s Story – Music to feed the soul

Our professional live-in carer Hellen has been working closely with Mr N to support his sense of wellbeing. Mr N recently turned 78 and lives with Parkinson’s disease. Unfortunately, his condition has now deteriorated to the point that he is

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Enabling innovation and adoption in health and social care

Posted 08 Feb 2021

Enabling innovation and adoption in health and social care

The Good Care Group is proud to announce their feature within The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) ‘Enabling innovation and adoption in health and social care’ publication. The CQC has recognised the outstanding, innovative development made in the use of technology

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Arranging care after a hospital stay

Posted 26 Jan 2021

Arranging care after a hospital stay

Arranging a loved ones hospital discharge can be a daunting task and requires you to work with a number of health and care professionals, to ensure they receive the ongoing support they require for recovery. Also, now more than ever

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Winners of the 11th Dementia Care Awards

Posted 18 Jan 2021

Winners of the 11th Dementia Care Awards

We are pleased to announce we have been awarded the Best Dementia Care Team Award at the 11th Dementia Care Awards 2020. On the evening of Thursday 12th November, The Good Care Group’s team virtually attended the glamorous Gala evening

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The Role of an Occupational Therapist within the Live-In Home Care Sector

Posted 18 Jan 2021

The Role of an Occupational Therapist within the Live-In Home Care Sector

In light of World Occupational Therapy day, we thought it would be good to hear from our own in-house Occupational Therapist (OT), Jackie Cooper, and the positive changes her expertise have brought to our clients and carers. Jackie started her

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One step at a time

Posted 18 Jan 2021

One step at a time

Daniel Little, Care Mananger, shares a client story illustrating the benfits of live-in care. For the first time in 2020, our client V has been upstairs in her house this month. V had spent much of this year completely bed

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Posted 18 Jan 2021

#HomecareDay

Our good news stories for National #HomecareDay: “For the first time in 2020, our client V has been upstairs in her house this month.” Read this story about our client’s recovery from our Care Manager Daniel Little. #HomecareDay #NowhereBetterThanHome ?

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Care Homes and COVID-19 – is it time to rethink our UK care system?

Posted 18 Jan 2021

Care Homes and COVID-19 – is it time to rethink our UK care system?

Dr. Freddy Gathorne-Hardy, a founder member of the non-profit organisation The Live-In Care Hub, recently published a thought provoking leadership piece detailing why it is time to rethink the UK care system and question the safety of its care homes,

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