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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...
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Care stories
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....
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Care stories
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...
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Care stories
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....
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Care stories
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...
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Innovation & Tech
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...
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Health & Wellbeing
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...
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Events & Talks
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...
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News
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...
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Innovation & Tech
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...
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Innovation & Tech
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...
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Health & Wellbeing
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...
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Health & Wellbeing
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...
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News
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...
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Health & Wellbeing
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...
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Events & Talks
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...
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Insights
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...
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Innovation & Tech
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...
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Care stories
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...
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Care stories
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...
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Events & Talks
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...
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Insights
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...
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Health & Wellbeing
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...
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Health & Wellbeing
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 😊....
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Health & Wellbeing
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...
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Health & Wellbeing
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...
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News
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...
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Insights
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...
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Events & Talks
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...
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Innovation & Tech
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...
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News
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...
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Insights
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...
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Events & Talks
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...
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Insights
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...
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Health & Wellbeing
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...
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Events & Talks
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...
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Events & Talks
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...
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Care stories
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...
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Innovation & Tech
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...
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Insights
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...
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Innovation & Tech
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...
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Insights
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....
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Events & Talks
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...
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Innovation & Tech
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...
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Health & Wellbeing
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...
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News
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...
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News
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...
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Insights
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...
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Insights
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...
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Events & Talks
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...
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Events & Talks
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...
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Insights
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...
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Care stories
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...
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News
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...
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Events & Talks
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...
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Events & Talks
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...
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News
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...
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Events & Talks
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...
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Care stories
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
Innovation & Tech
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...
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Insights
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...
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Events & Talks
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...
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Events & Talks
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...
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Insights
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...
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