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05/08/2008 Agony aunt solves your workforce and regulatory problems Problems with staff training, CSCI inspection, uniforms and religious requirements? Our Agony Aunt Julie Wright has the answers to these and more. 05/08/2008 Poor care homes have nowhere to hide from new CSCI regional inspectors A new team of CSCI regional inspectors are enforcing the law in poorly performing care homes. Amena Saleem reports. 05/08/2008 Can care home residents with dementia have sex? The issue of consent becomes a legal minefield when dementia is involved. Julie Griffiths reports on the legal position on consent and how to avoid prosecution under the Mental Capacity Act. 03/06/2008 A spoonful of sugar Julie Griffiths talks to pharmacist Mohammed Miah about the importance of training care home staff to manage residents’ medicines correctly and the legal implications. Read it here. 02/06/2008 New dispute in star wars saga Local authorities have been criticised for using CSCI star ratings as a basis for commissioning and funding care home places. New systems designed to incentivise care homes that achieve good (two-star) or excellent (three-star) ratings in some councils have angered representatives who believe they are implementing a crude measure which could put many homes out of business. 02/06/2008 Home managers get human rights tips Care home managers have been given a vital new tool to help boost their CSCI star rating in the form of a series of ‘prompts’ on the equality, diversity and human rights aspects of care home services, issued to inspectors through the CSCI website. 02/04/2008 We all have the same rights Adults with learning disabilities are being denied basic human rights by providers says a parliamentary committee. Its chair, Andrew Dismore, Labour MP for Hendon explains.
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