Recruiting and retaining care staff is an ongoing challenge for care providers, while every day another 6,000 people take on the responsibility of caring for a loved one at home. Supporting the wellbeing of staff in social care settings and the homes of vulnerable people is paramount.
There are 1.5 million people with a learning disability currently living in the UK, and ensuring that proactive, person-centred care is offered is crucial to ensure they can live both safely and more independently. Here Angus Honeysett, head of market access at Tunstall Healthcare, writes exclusively for Enable about how technology has stepped up to make a difference in the lives of people living with disabilities.
In this exclusive guest column, Will Oborne, Lifeways’ community engagement and development manager, shares his professional experiences and advice around the transition from children’s to adult social care.
Sirus Automotive tell us about their Drive From Wheelchair solutions and customer, entrepreneur and founder of Able Move, Josh Wintersgill. shares his experience. Josh learnt to drive in his VW Caddy and has been a Sirus customer since he was 18.
About one in every 300 people in the world live with schizophrenia, but stigma and misconceptions have led to a need for change to improve quality of life and outcomes for people with the condition.
In this exclusive guest column, Will Oborne, Lifeways’ community engagement and development manager, shares his professional experiences and advice around the transition from children’s to adult social care.
As the family of Dame Deborah James mark her passing, her legacy lives on helping to raise awareness of the symptoms of bowel cancer.
On 24 June, Dimensions is hosting an event to help explain the process of moving from child to adult social care.
Sirus Automotive tell us about their Drive From Wheelchair solutions and customer, entrepreneur and founder of Able Move, Josh Wintersgill. shares his experience. Josh learnt to drive in his VW Caddy and has been a Sirus customer since he was 18.
Retired teacher Susan sustained a spinal injury in 2015 but last year she regained her independence with a Sirus Internal Transfer Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV). Sue shares why she loves driving and how a side entry WAV works so well for her.
