[New] Nativity for the Residents to Enjoy This Festive Season

The festive season is in full swing and residents who are fondly referred to as family members, at Edenmore Nursing Home got into the festive season watching a Christmas Nativity hosted by the team members in the home

The team at Edenmore spent an evening building the nativity set from boxes and recyclables ready for all the family to enjoy With mince pies in abundance and cups of hot chocolate the family members sat and watched while the story began Team members got involved by dressed up as Mary, Joseph and the three wise men to bring their performance to life Family members sang along to Christmas carols during the performance and loved watching the story unfold Home Manager Gayle Copper said When we asked some of the family members what show they would like the team to put on for them this year a few of them suggested a nativity So, we all got out thinking heads on The script was written by myself and all costumes were made by one of our registered nurses Teresa The Nativity made me so immensely proud and it was wonderful to see the family member’s join in with the Christmas carols, bringing them to laughter and tears of joy

A care home management software provider is seeing the year out in style – celebrating the success of its customers on the platform, having saved them time and money through streamlined processes

CoolCare is centred on admin made easy, with its services aimed at making operating care homes effortless more efficient and more profitable Its latest customer analysis has revealed results above pre-pandemic levels for many of its customers including increases above national average in weekly fees occupancy and private payer ratios In 2022 CoolCare customers achieved between 29-62% higher weekly fees compared to the national average

While customers are seeing increased business success, improvements have also been felt in major reductions both to the administrative tasks and the time taken to complete them Where care providers are using the functionality to run invoicing and fee adjustments, homes are saving an average of half a day per month on this area of admin alone

Furthermore homes are on average benefitting from an 11-hour reduction in the time to process shift requests too – a function that not only saves times but also reduces the reliance on external staffing agencies In an industry short of both staff and funding these savings are vital to care homes bottom line and

Continuity Of Care

On the positive end to the year for CoolCare and its customers, Fiona Hale Managing Director said: CoolCare has been around for 30 years and we’ve learned a lot in that about how truly make a difference in the day-to-day running of care homes The administration requirements have increased consistently in that time so to see such positive results this year by saving so much admin time for our customers is a great end to 2022 and something we have every intention of building on in 2023 and beyond CoolCare customers using the enquiry management functions have also seen occupancy return to pre-pandemic levels as well as an average private occupancy ratio that is 5% higher than before Covid-19 seen exciting partnerships for CoolCare aimed at making the life of those working in care homes easier, from its integration with Person Centred Software providers of the country’s most widely used digital care management system to working with FlexEarn to offer earned wage access to care home staff amid the cost of living crisis While CoolCare software focuses on efficient and seamless admin its chosen partnerships create added benefits for users both within their role and in their wider lives For more information on CoolCare please visit https://coolcare co uk/

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