Working with End-of-life Service Users
End-of-life care work is the most challenging type of care to give, but it’s also rewarding, in that you are privileged to be part of the service user’s journey through the last stage of their lives.
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End-of-life care work is the most challenging type of care to give, but it’s also rewarding, in that you are privileged to be part of the service user’s journey through the last stage of their lives.
Working with service users with complex behaviours can be challenging, so understanding what complex behaviours are, and how Social Care Alba (SCA) care staff should address them, is crucial to providing safe and effective care.
Did you know that we hold regular team meetings for staff, clients and relatives? This is to ensure that we are always working towards direct improvement in our services for those we support.
Whilst it is with great sadness that we mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II, I would like to celebrate a monarch who devoted her life to public service including supporting the NHS, Queens Nursing Awards and many charities with whom we work.
Following Medication policies and guidelines is not just about the primary purpose of ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our clients; it also protects you, providing clear rules to ensure that you are never in doubt about dispensing, storing, recording or disposing of client medication.
When life gets tricky, it can be hard to imagine better times; even the best of us ‘tough cookies’ can soften if we’re treading in the mud for too long! Good health, a strong support network, and ongoing interests or responsibilities, like family or work, all help to motivate us to keep us pushing through hard times.
Every month we will have new topics on QCS for everyone to keep updated with their policies and procedures, this month’s topic is Medication. Log in to your QCS profile → We now have our very own Social Care Alba masks! Pop into the office over the next week to collect yours. There are also […]
Making the best of the good weather is even more important for those who may be more mobile on warm days – and who doesn’t love a picnic?
It will be no surprise that infection control policies have undergone several changes over the last few years, as our understanding of Covid has progressed. In care-at-home situations, where staff members – and others – are regularly entering clients homes, it is critical that infection control policies are strictly adhered to by staff at all times to reduce the risk of infection.
As a care-at-home provider, Social Care Alba (SCA) has a duty of care towards those we support. This means that everything we do must be in the best interests of our clients across all aspects of their health, safety and wellbeing, and every staff member must follow the rules and regulations set to this aim. However, to ensure that clients’ needs are fully met, care providers are also scrutinised externally.
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