April 2016
no.238 • £4.75 incorporating The Number One magazine for the care sector
Speakers are revealed for conferences
By Dominic Musgrave
THE line-up of speakers has been revealed for Caring UK’s first conferences of the year in Newcastle and Blackpool in May. The Elderly Care: Leading the Way events takes place at Newcastle Racecourse and Herons Reach Hotel, Blackpool on May 18 and 19 respectively. Care England chief executive professor Martin Green OBE will begin the event at Newcastle, followed by a representative from Skills for Care. Prior to the mid-morning break the CQC’s head of inspection north Ros Sanderson will give an update from the inspectorate. Following refreshments, Eddy Fishwick from FISC Healthcare will kick off proceedings with a talk entitled ‘Changing the way the industry works’, which will be followed by a presentation by Bunty Malhotra, CEO of Malhotra Group PLC and director of local operator Prestwick Care. The final two confirmed speakers at the event to date will be Sean Hughes, dementia care expert at Stirling University’s Dementia Services Development Centre, who will be discussing its work, and Care Protect MD Philip Scott.
The following day at Blackpool will be started by Nadra Ahmed OBE, chairman of the National Care association. She will be followed by Brian Groves from Skills for Care, with CQC head of inspections Robert Tovey rounding off the session with an update from the inspectorate. After the break Springhill Care group chairman Ken Nolan will follow Eddy Fishwick, with Sean Hughes also speaking. Philip Scott will bring proceedings to a close. Further speakers and subject will be confirmed in due course. Caring UK editor Dominic Musgrave said: “As you can see we have once again put together a stellar line-up of speakers who will talk about a range of topics throughout the day. “With the exhibition running alongside and the opportunity to network, this conferences is truly not to be missed, and I would urge all care home and domiciliary care operators and managers in the area to attend this event. Further events are planned to take place on July 13 at York Racecourse and on October 5 and 6 at Holiday Inn, Plymouth and Cheltenham Racecourse respectively. n Full details on pages 15 and 16.
Success for Stafford dementia care home
More than a dozen people from Belong’s care village in Atherton took a trip down memory lane as they went on a visit to Salford Museum’s Lark Hill Place. They were accompanied by members of staff for a tour around the recreated, Victorian era, northern street, which was created in 1957 when many of central Salford’s shops and houses were being demolished. The visitors got to relive and share some of their own experiences, with the cobbled streets and authentic shop fronts bringing back an array of memories from their own lives. And the Lark Hill tour proved a hit with visitors, who said they enjoyed walking around the old style shops, which included music and toy shops, a pub, and an old fashioned corner shop selling food, household items and sweets. Elsie Kirman and Yvonne Parkes are pictured enjoying Salford Museum’s Lark Hill Place.
LIMEWOOD, the dementia care home at Northfield Village in Stafford, has achieved the highest possible rating from the University of Stirling’s standards for people with dementia. The University of Stirling’s Dementia Design Audit Accreditation offers a full expert audit service which leads to an independent Dementia Design Audit Certificate. Limewood, which has 59 en-suite bedrooms, has received the gold rating. One of the key good practice guidelines is to ensure a good use of colour or contrast, as it can help people with sight loss and dementia to find specific rooms so they can continue to live independently. Bedroom and bathroom doors are colour-coded at Limewood, so that users can easily find the right rooms. Julie Harding, director of business development for Choices, who operate Limewood, said: “We’re thrilled that Limewood is one of only nine dementia centres across the UK which holds this accreditation. “Throughout every stage of development we always aimed for excellence, and winning the gold award is testament to this.”