Care News
Nourish Care assured by NHSX as one of the first Digital Care Planning providers to be appointed to a new Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for digitising social care records.
We’re so excited to announce that NHSX have announced Nourish as one of only two providers assured as a provider of Digital Social... Read full post
Nourish Medication Integration: Bringing digital care planning and medicine management together
This week we are excited to announce our brand new product launch, the Nourish Medication Integration Module. At Nourish, we now support integration... Read full post
3 Ways Care Owners can Utilise Compliance and Audits
Care owners understandably want to have peace of mind that everything is under control and running smoothly within their care service. The Compliance... Read full post
7 Tips you Need to Know about Residential Care Planning
In the world of residential care planning, there are a number of tips, tricks and pieces of advice which can take the quality... Read full post
How Personalised Plans are Empowering Care Teams
Electronic care planning isn’t just improving the lives of those in care, it’s improving the lives of those working in care too. Personalised... Read full post
Case Study: Supported Living Services
We caught up with Hans Morano, at Supported Living Services, to find out how they are getting on with electronic care planning, and... Read full post
Case Study: St Bernards residential
St Bernards is a family run, residential care home in Solihull, providing long-term care, respite care and day care services for the elderly.... Read full post
Case Study: Vestacare
We caught up with Neela, the head of business development at Vestacare, to find out how they are getting on with electronic care... Read full post
Case Study: Jewish Care
We caught up with Ffion and Paul from Jewish Care to find out how their staff feel about making the transition to digital.... Read full post
Case Study: Community Integrated Care
We caught up with Nigel Lemmon, one of the trustees at Community Integrated Care, who went to see how they have found the implementation... Read full post
NHS free iPad giveaway supports the care sector by providing access to internet and tech
Many care services still work solely on paper, with the pressures in which they operate, many still lack the confidence to start using... Read full post
How to prevent, detect and treat dehydration in older adults
Getting enough fluids is incredibly important for our health, and even more so the older we get. After all, our bodies are made... Read full post
Nourish & Health Investor Webinar: Digital transformation is now urgent!
After dealing with the perfect storm which was the Coronavirus pandemic hitting care homes across the globe, we saw a step change in... Read full post
Government Infection Control Fund
Government Infection Control Fund could help you switch to electronic care planning After the devastating effects Covid-19 has had on the social care... Read full post
How data and analytics can improve your care management
Many of us use some kind of technology to monitor our health and well-being. We’ve got fitness trackers, smart watches, sleep trackers, fluid... Read full post
A guide to Electronic Care Planning: What are the costs?
Many care providers are now looking towards a smarter way of working, and with the recent strain put on the care sector due... Read full post
Coronavirus in care homes: how care has been managed in cases of Covid-19
As the Coronavirus pandemic swept the globe and hit the UK earlier in March this year, care homes were put under more strain... Read full post
5 Ways to improve mental health and well-being in elderly care homes
The UK’s population is growing, and the over 60s make up over 20% of us, and with people living longer, there is expected... Read full post
Celebrating Florence Nightingale’s 200th Birthday
Today marks the bicentenary of Florence Nightingale, the statistician who paved the way for modern nursing and social care. Born in 1820, she... Read full post
Managing and Assessing Sleep Quality
Nourish’s Head of Customer Experience, Daniel Hollingworth, talks about the importance of a good night’s sleep, and what can be done to improve... Read full post
How to stay connected to those in care
We’re living in strange times at the moment. With the world on lockdown due to the concerns regarding the spread of Coronavirus, and... Read full post
Nourish Analytics Forum 2020: A future of applying data science in the care sector
At Nourish Care, we recently held our second Care Analytics Forum at The Hilton Hotel in Bournemouth, where we welcomed 35 care providers... Read full post
COVID-19 Coronavirus: Helping to Prevent Infection
As the number of confirmed COVID-19 Coronavirus cases continues to rise it’s important that we collectively take responsibility to understand what COVID-19 is... Read full post
How a more efficient care management system can boost CQC ratings
The CQC is starting to recognise the importance of technology within social care and is actively pushing the benefits of a number of... Read full post
The new technologies revolutionising the way we care
New Technology in Care New technology in care is revolutionising the way we support people and artificial intelligence is quickly making an impression... Read full post
Caspa’s membership reaches 56 software providers & it adds a fifth objective to the association
In a recent article, the Care Software Providers Association, CASPA, announced that it has reached 56 members, which has helped to ensure it... Read full post
Community Integrated Care shortlisted for Tech Award After Rolling Out Nourish!
Nourish Care Help Community Integrated Care get Shortlisted for Industry award… It is the season to be jolly! Especially if you are Community... Read full post
Social Care and Innovation: Small Changes Can Have A BIG Impact
Social Care and Innovation: Providing Person Centred Care… On the 22 November we were lucky enough to attend the Surrey Care Awards. A... Read full post
Grassington House
Grassington House were an early adopter of Nourish, at the beginning of 2016, and saw early-on how they could enhance their care provision... Read full post
Why is technology becoming such an important part of good quality social care?
Technology in Social Care… Since Kate Terroni became Chief Inspector this Summer, I have been reflecting on how a new person in that... Read full post
Digital Social Care: Change doesn’t need to be feared.
Digital Social Care… Moving away from what we know and stepping into the unknown can be a daunting experience. For both businesses and... Read full post
Focusing on the well-being of carers
According to the latest report published by Skills for Care, there are currently an estimated 1.49 million people working in adult social care... Read full post
Better sleep habits for the people we care for
Sleep disturbances can come from many different sources but those related to illness need extra care and consideration. No matter the condition, a... Read full post
Community Integrated Care: “This really is the future of social care”
Community Integrated Care is one of the UK’s largest health and social care charities. Working in the community, they deliver life-enhancing support to people... Read full post
THE BIG INTERVIEW: Our founder Nuno Almeida in Care Home Professional
Our founder and CEO, Nuno Almeida, is featured in Care Home Professional’s ‘THE BIG INTERVIEW’ for June 2019. Sharing his journey on founding... Read full post
Electronic Care Planning: Is It Really That Much Quicker?
As a previous care home manager, our Head of Customer Experience, Dan, knows first-hand what impact electronic care planning has on care and... Read full post
Elizabeth Lodge: Going Paperless
Elizabeth Lodge Elizabeth Lodge is a well-established and family run residential care home based in Alverstoke, Gosport. It has a team of twenty-seven... Read full post
Positive and person-centred care – what the experts say
As you may have already seen, we’ve developed a close working relationship with former CQC inspector Anne Weston. Anne who is now is part of... Read full post
The Individual Impact of Digital Care Management
Care providers far and wide are already making the transition to digital care management; benefiting from higher quality care plans and notes, compliant... Read full post
Thrills & Spills: The Care & Dementia Show
This blog aims to give a flavour of our experience at the care and dementia show. In addition, it contains two bite size... Read full post
Dementia Care & Nursing Home Expo: Keeping the Family Connected
27th March | Theatre 4 | 12.30am On the 26th & 27th March 2019 we are once again packing up and heading north... Read full post
Dementia Care & Nursing Home Expo Nuno Almeida Talks Data In Care
26th March | Theatre 4 | 11.00am On the 26th & 27th March 2019 we are once again packing up and heading north... Read full post
Windward Day Services: Working With Nourish
Windward Day Services support people to access many activities both inside and throughout the community. The tea, promote awareness for the need to... Read full post
Windward Day Services: Working With Nourish
Windward Day Services support people to access many activities both inside and throughout the community. The tea, promote awareness for the need to... Read full post
Behind the Scenes: Our Product Team
At Nourish, we are constantly working on new ideas and developing and improving on existing features. This is how we stay fresh, up-to-date... Read full post
The Top 10 Essential Care Planning Tips – According To an Ex-CQC Inspector
We spoke to Anne Weston from RHW and asked her what she would say the, “Top 10 essential care planning tips care providers... Read full post
The Retired and Ageing: is social capital an untapped potential?
The retired and ageing hold two invaluable commodities time and knowledge. With employment, affordable housing and free university education, the older generation accumulated... Read full post
Electronic Care Management: Top 5 Questions Answered
Now working with over 500 care providers across the UK, we’ve been lucky to meet with so many fantastic organisations that are looking... Read full post
Cornwall Care Embrace Nourish
Cornwall Care are the largest care provider in Cornwall. A not-for-profit organisation and registered charity, they provide practical assistance for all types of care. As... Read full post
Being Together: Words from Our Founder
It’s that time of the year again, when we run between work and Christmas, trying to get everything planned, doing the shopping rush... Read full post
Employee of the Year 2018
Last week we had our Christmas party and to celebrate another successful year we announced our Employee of the Year. The whole team... Read full post
Embracing Technology: Nick’s Story
“I was so impressed with Nourish, I bought my own smartphone within a week.” Millennium Care Millennium Care provides a pathway of services... Read full post
Christmas Activities for Your Care Home
It seems that Christmas is well and truly upon us! Mariah, Sinatra, Bublé and even Bieber are clearly going to be unavoidable for... Read full post
Carers Rights Day 2018
Today is the 2018 Carers Rights Day. Carers Rights Day is organised by Carers UK. The main objective is to raise awareness of the work... Read full post
Megan and Alia – The Care Team
We visited Grassington House Residential Care Home in Dorchester and spoke to care worker Alia and care home manager Megan. We asked them... Read full post
We Know More With Nourish Care – Richmondwood Care Home
In the residential care home sector, completing paperwork has long been a laborious task, often left until the end of shifts. This was... Read full post
Age is Just a Number
On the 17th & 18th of October we are joining the 2018 Care Show at the NEC in Birmingham. This year we wanted... Read full post
A Seamless Handover
At Nourish, we’re firm believers that software in care can never be a final ‘product’ and must continually adapt and evolve as the... Read full post
Victor The Pilot
Meet Victor, a World War II hero, former pilot, boxer and violinist. Living in Richmondwood Residential Care Home in Dorset, he gets to... Read full post
Steve The Motorcycle Cop
At Nourish Care, we love to get to know people, including those being cared for by our clients. Here, we speak to Steve,... Read full post
Smiles in the aisles, tickle your fancy?
I believe that people should live life with a smile on their face. Smiles breed smiles, and furthermore, they cost us nothing 😊.... Read full post
Ian The Community Builder
At the age of 29, Ian left the world of advertising to follow his passion – looking after people. He was brought up... Read full post
Real life care and our experiences of Nourish
Jo, care manager at the Pines Care Group, shares her experiences of Nourish Care. “At the Pines Care Group we run both residential... Read full post
Maintaining Fitness in Later Life
Without actively maintaining fitness and strength, day to day tasks can become increasingly difficult to carry out. A sedentary lifestyle in later life can produce... Read full post
Taking Care of the Carer
More and more we are openly talking about the importance of Mental Health, and this critical change in our culture is having a... Read full post
The Benefits of Art Therapy in Social Care
Art therapy is a form of psychotherapy used to encourage self-expression through creativity. Generally, it can help improve emotional well-being and overall quality... Read full post
3 Ways Nourish Encourages Good Nutrition and Hydration
This week it’s Nutrition and Hydration Week, where people are encouraged to raise awareness of the health benefits of eating enough of the... Read full post
Digitisation Leads to Innovation from Care Providers
Embracing digital technology in the social care sector has many obvious benefits; not least time saving, more accurate note taking, simple reporting capabilities... Read full post
Digital Transformation and Change Management
Digital transformation in the care sector is no longer the future and the benefits of the technological revolution have been felt far and... Read full post
What Care Providers Really Want to Know About Digital Care Management
Last week, we attended yet another fantastic Dorset Care Conference, hosted by Care Management Matters at the Lighthouse in Poole. This time, we were... Read full post
Shedfield Lodge – Why Nourish Care?
If you’re wondering about the benefits of going digital, then look no further. We visited Shedfield Lodge in Botley who have been using... Read full post
Nourish Care Celebrates Achievements with Diverse Abilities
Tonight, almost 200 people are expected to gather at the Bournemouth Pavilion for the Diverse Abilities annual party for adults in supported living.... Read full post
New CQC Assessment Framework – 5 Minutes With Anne Weston
In November, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) introduced a new assessment framework and announced that the provider information return (PIR) will be replaced... Read full post
Nourish Stimulates End of Life Care Discussion
Last week, more than 20 care providers gathered in Market Lavington for Nourish Care’s ‘Together We Care Better’ (#TWCB) event in association with... Read full post
Nourish Presents Daily Echo Proud to Care Award
Yesterday representatives from the care sector across Dorset and the New Forest gathered for the Daily Echo Proud to Care Awards. As the... Read full post
Five Top Tips for Digital Transformation
As a whole, the care sector is yet to fully embrace the power of Digital Transformation and all of the benefits that can offer.... Read full post
How a Carefully Designed Electronic Care System Can Enhance Your Care Team
The future of care management systems is digital. The days of seemingly endless, extensive paper recording, printing and filing – the days spent... Read full post
Care Management Matters – 2017 Dorset Care Conference
Our team just attended the 2017 Dorset Care Conference, hosted by Care Management Matters, and we were honoured to be among such positive... Read full post
Seasons’ greetings from Nourish
Hello everyone, Just a quick note to wish both our clients and friends a happy holidays and seasons’ greetings. It’s been a fantastic year for... Read full post
Taking a look at the people behind Nourish
Here at Nourish we’ve always said that care should be empowering, informed, human and connected, so that the care provided can be the best... Read full post
What To Look For In Your Next Care Home Software Purchase
When looking for care home software, regardless of what it’s intended function you need to purchase the right solution for you requirements. Just... Read full post
Together We Care Better Mental Capacity Assessments Roundtable
Back in October we travelled to Devizes, in Wiltshire to host another of our Together We Care Better round table events. This time the topic... Read full post
Nourish Care Management System Update
Our team have been working hard on a brand new series of features in the latest update to the Nourish care management system. With... Read full post
Care Planning 101 – How can you improve your care planning and recording?
This week sees the third in our Care Planning 101 Series, which aims to help you get to grips with the basic fundamentals... Read full post
Harbour House Selected For Dignity and Respect Care Home of The Year
One of Nourish’s longest standing clients Harbour House, has been selected as a finalist of the Dignity & Respect Care Home of The Year category... Read full post
Care Planning 101 – Getting to grips with KLOEs
The care sector is crammed full of different acronyms all of which clamour for your attention as a care provider. One of the... Read full post
Care planning 101 – What are care plans and what is the purpose of care planning?
When it comes to understanding care planning sometimes its best to start at the beginning. That’s why we’ve designed this Care Planning 101 series... Read full post
Together We Care Better – Nutrition and Hydration Care Planning Seminar
On October 6th we attended the Hampshire Care Association’s Hydration and Nutrition event for members of the residential and domiciliary care community. During... Read full post
How Much Could You Save With A Care Management System?
Discover the benefits that care providers using Nourish have experienced since using our innovative care management software, such as increasing 1-to-1 resident care... Read full post
The 5 Key Areas Care Providers Need To Focus on To Be Compliant
Over the past few years we’ve formed a close working relationship with former CQC inspector Anne Weston. Anne is now is part of... Read full post
Hydration & Nutrition For People With Dementia
Today’s article looks at some of the great new tools being pioneered by the Bournemouth University Dementia Institute (BUDI) to help carers to... Read full post
Together We Care Better Event Series
As a company we here at Nourish pride ourselves on our ability to empower those involved in care with everything that we do. This... Read full post
Nutrition and Hydration Care Planning Seminar – HCA
We are proud to be supporting the Hampshire Care Association’s (HCA) October 6th seminar event on hydration and nutrition. The event is aimed at... Read full post
Challenging The Negative Media Coverage of The UK Care Sector
We have commissioned a series of care stories focusing on the fantastic stories from the care sector in order to buck the trend of negative... Read full post
Designing for home care
This post is by Mabel Lazzarin a User Experience (UX) designer from Nourish who focuses on developing the technology we use for use in... Read full post
What are the top 5 benefits of using a care management system?
When it comes to choosing a new care management system to replace an established paper-based care recording process, you need to understand a... Read full post
Digital Resources for Carers – Update from Carers UK
Here at Nourish we believe that all carers should have access to the best tools in order to help enable the care they... Read full post
Questions on Electronic Care Planning From Care England’s August 2016 Forum
The Care England August forum was a fantastic event helping to network the community and we enjoyed the chance to meet with so many... Read full post
The Top 12 Mistakes Poor Care Plans Make and How To Avoid Them
If you work in care you will probably spend a great deal of time carefully planning and organising your care pathways and plans.... Read full post
Digital Healthcare: Shaping The Future
We are proud to announce that Nourish‘s MD Nuno Almeida will be speaking about Digital Clinical Pathways at the Centre of Postgraduate Medical Research and... Read full post
Nourish Care Management System – August 2016 Update
At Nourish we’re constantly working hard to ensure that care providers are given the best possible experience when using our care management system. Our... Read full post
What are the 10 Dignity Do’s and dignity champions?
When we speak about how you can deliver dignity in care, it might be hard to conjure up an exact idea of what... Read full post
How does Nourish align with CQC guidelines and their 2021 vision?
CQC’s guidelines are regularly updated and are fairly well communicated via inspectors and their website. Here at Nourish we know that staying up to... Read full post
Carers Soar To Over Two Million Records In Less Than 4 Months
Carers have now crested two million care notes and records using the Nourish care management system, on smartphones and other devices, help replace paper and... Read full post
Integrated Person-Centred Care Planning: Beyond The Buzzwords
Let’s face it, when you work in care there can seem to be an overwhelming number of different buzzwords, jargon and acronyms involved in... Read full post
The Top Ten Reasons to Adopt an Electronic Care Planning System
At Nourish we’ve always been about developing better ways to care and empowering people who care, so they can provide the best outcomes... Read full post
Helping you understand Mental Capacity Assessments – when, why and who should do them?
At first glance mental capacity assessments and the Mental Capacity Act can seem fairly daunting concepts to get to grips with. However, the... Read full post
Is Smart, Mobile Technology Better at Putting The Person Being Cared For First?
Recently Nourish was approached by a journalist from The Guardian and asked to comment about several key issues currently impacting the world of... Read full post
The Untapped Potential of Data Science in Social and Health Care
Both the social and health care sectors have been under a lot of pressure recently, as they face a perfect storm of: cuts,... Read full post
Health Plus Care Show Event Round-up 2016
The 2016 Health Plus Care show in London was undeniably a positive day, not only for the care industries represented – but for those... Read full post
Care Planning: Framing Person-hood to manage Frailty, Needs and Wants
At Nourish we don’t take the typical path when it comes to care plans. Rather than telling care providers how they ‘should’ go... Read full post
Nourish are attending Health Plus Care 2016
We’re going to be attending this year’s Health Plus Care show held in the Excel, London from the 29th to the 30th of June. Billed... Read full post
The Financial Case of Focusing Digital Health projects on People
When the Financial Times puts on a conference about digital health, the sector takes notice. Health and social care sectors are changing at... Read full post
Why care plans are at the heart of Nourish
At Nourish there are a number of principles that guide our work. Firstly we understand the importance of planning in care, which is... Read full post
How quick can a care home go online with Nourish?
When we first went into a care home with Nourish, it took a couple of days to get users online. But time has... Read full post
Carers reach one million records milestone with Nourish
Carers have now recorded more than one million care notes and records on Nourish, the care management system using smartphones and tablets to... Read full post
Castle House Nursing Home win Award for Outstanding Care Team
Huge congratulations to Castle House Nursing Home in Kenton Mandeville, who we were delighted to present with the award for Outstanding Care Team... Read full post
Integrated Care: Its All About the Person
At the King’s Fund event on integrated care for older people with frailty this week it was encouraging to see engagement from so... Read full post
Being Proud of Smarter Care
When care providers join Nourish, we provide full training to make sure care staff and managers are ready and confident in using Nourish... Read full post
Care Showcase – Brighton Racecourse, March 9th 2016
Nourish is exhibiting at the Care Showcase in Brighton on March 9th – come and visit us for a live demonstration of Nourish... Read full post
Nourish named one of the top 50 creative companies in England
This month saw the publication in the national press of the top 50 creative companies in England and at Nourish... Read full post
Stories of care: what are you going to do that is going to make a difference?
Care is full of challenges, and requires commitment, bravery and compassion. Care often comes with preconceptions, and sometimes it is wonderful to see... Read full post
Embracing the digital age
As reported in the Dorset Echo, we are delighted to welcome Grassington House Residential Care Home to Nourish. Grassington is the first care... Read full post
Celebrating good care
Congratulations to Easterlea Rest Home in Denmead, Hampshire, for winning the Care/Nursing Home of the Year award at this year’s Best of Health... Read full post
Not just a Tech Award
This is a proud moment for all of us at Nourish, but it should also be a proud moment for the care sector.
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Care deserves better
Today our daily lives are deeply connected to technology in a way that could hardly have been imagined even just a few years... Read full post
Showcasing Nourish to ADASS
Nourish was chosen by ADASS (Association of Directors of Adult Social Services) as one of the most innovative social care applications. The opportunity... Read full post
Nourish at the Care Show
This week Nourish is exhibiting at the Care & Dementia Show at the NEC in Birmingham. Come and see us on stand H64... Read full post
Nourish announces new upgrade and next-generation care plans
This week we have announced the launch of a new upgrade to our mobile care management system, including next generation real-time, integrated care... Read full post
People and perspectives: do you see what I see or does he see what she sees?
Nourish attended a fascinating event at the King’s Fund last week, drawing together people from a diverse range of roles all focusing on... Read full post
Introducing: Integrated Care Plans and Mobile Working
Personalisation, co-ordination, and communication are challenging, both for care providers and for families. Without the right tools in place to support these processes,... Read full post
Location, location, location and people, people, people
At Nourish we were delighted to be mentioned in an article in the Telegraph recently about the rise of Bournemouth’s tech and creative... Read full post
The Future of Integrated Care in Care Homes
Primary care is central to managing good quality care for an ageing population. Whether living independently or in care homes, older people with... Read full post
Seeing a person, not just a person who needs care
At Nourish, we believe passionately that care should be all about people. We put the person needing care at the heart of everything... Read full post
Connected Care: using innovation to remind us what care is all about
We have just exhibited at the Bournemouth Care Show where we had another opportunity to talk to a large number of care providers... Read full post
Nourish set for launch at the Care Show 2014
Nourish is proud to announce the launch of a game changing care management product. Writing notes and handling paper records are recurrently quoted as... Read full post
Creating Caring Communities: the Role of Care Providers
Engaged communities improve care quality and deliver benefits to families, those receiving and proving care. And whilst this sounds obvious, councils, care agencies... Read full post
Nourish Care is awarded a grant for International Business Development by Portuguese Incentive Scheme
ALERTISUGERE- LDA was awarded a grant from AICEP (Agência para o Investimento e Comércio de Portugal, E.P.E.) under the Incentive Scheme for Qualification and Internationalization... Read full post
