Mindfulness courses
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Free mindfulness courses are now available to help improve health and wellbeing and reduce stress. You’ll learn ways to bring mindfulness and awareness into your daily life, both within work and at home, through regular meditation and gentle movement. The sessions are run as weekly or monthly courses by the Devon Wellbeing Hub and the University of Exeter. Monthly skills class starts on Tuesday 19 October, 6.00pm – 8.00pm and runs until 24 March 2022. Weekly course starts on Wednesday...
National Safeguarding Adults Week 15 - 22 November 2021
12:00 am
Free Safeguarding Adults Week 2021 resource
North Devon Care Homes Team offers virtual training sessions
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
The free sessions are open to all services in North Devon only and they run from November to the end of January. The timings vary so please check available time slots. There is a wide range of topics covered: CAUTI, constipation, diabetes part 1 and 2, end of life, nutrition and hydration, pneumonia, flu and COVID-19 awareness, pressure damage, UTIs, Restore2 and sepsis. To book a sessions please visit the North Devon Healthcare website. If you have any queries please...
Improving adults oral health in care homes
10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Devon County Council has commissioned the Oral Health Improvement Team to improve the oral health of adults in care homes. The team is running free training sessions through November and December. To book a place and to find out please read the flyer, email the team or phone them on 01392 405705.
Webinar on enabling access to two-hour crisis response in care homes
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The national Urgent Community Response (UCR) and Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) teams are hosting a webinar on enabling access to two-hour crisis response in care homes on Tuesday 16 November from 12noon to 1.00pm. The webinar will share practical insights on how to enable two-hour crisis response referrals from care homes, consider opportunities for further alignment between UCR and EHCH and share learning and best practise from sites, as well as providing an opportunity to ask questions to...
Safeguarding Adults: care home updates and discussion
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
This meeting has been designed to help inform and develop understanding of Safeguarding Adults, particularly in the context of recent experience including Covid, and will include an overview of legal duties, local arrangements, challenges and activity. Presentation and opportunities to discuss and reflect on the issues will be supported by representatives from DCC ASC safeguarding adults operations including QAIT; Torbay and Devon Safeguarding Adult Partnership and the CQC. Click here to join the meeting. Agenda Insights on safeguarding through the...