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A survey of home care undertaken by the Department of Health has provided new ideas for improving the way home care is delivered.
The home care ideas came from over 1000 service users, their friends and family, providers of care and care professionals.
The survey clearly identified what individuals saw as being the most important issues in the provision of home care. This included:
- friendly, respectful and capable care workers
- sufficient time for care
- choice about services
Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb said:
“We need better care now for the 300,000 people currently getting home care and for the sake of the millions more who will need it in years to come. That’s why we have conducted this survey, so we could invite anyone – from councils to those receiving care – to tell us how to make care better.
This survey has generated some really interesting ideas to improve home care and I look forward to working with the care sector to see how we can take these ideas to the next stage”.
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Everycare UK, the Cardiff based domiciliary and nursing care group celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2013 with exciting growth plans in both the UK and abroad.
Following a strategic review of the business, the company is now taking forward its plan to expand its network of franchisees not only in targeted geographical areas across the UK, but also worldwide where it launched in 2013 an international master franchise opportunity at the Arab Health Exhibition and Congress in Dubai.
The company now has over 20 regional franchised offices across the UK offering a range of personal home care and live-in care services as well as providing healthcare staffing services to a range of organisations including the NHS, HMS Prisons, Ministry of Defence, residential care homes, industry and private nursing organisations.
Managing Director, Mary Cottrell, commented “Our expertise in the UK in providing domiciliary and nursing care is widely respected around the world which has seen our business expand both at home and abroad.
In the UK the franchise network goes from strength to strength with over 20 franchises across England, Scotland and Wales with the most recent Everycare franchises opening in Hillingdon supporting Uxbridge, Ruislip, Pinner, Hayes and the surrounding areas and Mid Sussex supporting Haywards Heath, Burgess Hill, East Grinstead and the supporting areas.
Everycare is looking to extend its franchise network across the UK, doubling the number of regional offices by the end of 2015 whilst at the same time developing new services that compliment its core domiciliary and nursing activities. “Our recent strategic review has highlighted huge opportunities for Everycare which we are now developing. Our strength has always been the provision of quality services which can be relied upon across the network, it is this strong service foundation that attracts both clients to our services and potential franchisees both here and worldwide” comments Mary Cottrell.
The 20th anniversary was celebrated by a special event in Cardiff at Chapel 1897. As well as being the 20th anniversary of Everycare UK, the occasion also coincided with the 30th anniversary of the Everycare UK business owners (Rob and Mary Cottrell) commencing their residential nursing homes business in Cardiff.
The care home industry has received welcome feedback from friends and relatives of care home residents who have voted care home food standards better than hospitals.
A recent survey and report undertaken by YouGov entitled ‘Care Home Catering’ showed that many residential care home clients need help at meal times some or all of the time (51 per cent) and that very close to half of care home residents also need help some or all of the time with drinking (45 per cent).
However on the negative side 15% of residential care home clients considered that their friend or relative was not helped enough to eat and 16 per cent didn’t think their friend or relative was given sufficient assistance to remain properly hydrated.
It would appear that family and friends approve of the food but want more assistance given at food times. Food for thought as they say!
On Friday 27th September 2013 between 10:00 & 12:00 Everycare Hillingdon will be hosting a Macmillan coffee morning. We are working in conjunction with Mad4Cakes to arrange the coffee morning in their Eastcote Store.
It would be great to see as many of you as possible endeavour to come and support us. Spread the word to all your family and friends, the more the merrier!!
If you can’t join us but would still like to donate why not visit out just giving page www.justgiving.com/Everycarehillingdon where you can donate online.
There is also a chance to win a sweepstake by guessing the number of coffee beans in a jar
