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...
Free Team Leader Education Workshop: Monitoring and improving service delivery
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Continuous evaluation of performance and developing service improvements is necessary for every care organisation today. Within this session we will be looking at how to critically examine your working practices, planning for improvements and ways to encourage innovation that leads to positive and manageable change. Book on this free workshop today!
Short NHS training courses for care home and domiciliary care providers - Continence care
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Pop Up courses These short informative sessions have been designed and are delivered by nurses and nurse specialists to support the daily care for your clients i.e pressure ulcer prevention, catheter care, oral care, nutrition and hydration. Restore 2 has been established as a means of early detection of a resident whose condition may be deteriorating. 1) Restore 2 mini which looks at ‘soft signs’ such as increased breathlessness, a change in usual eating or drinking habits and takes just...
Registered Managers Network meeting
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
The next meeting is on Wednesday 17 November from 2.00pm to 3:30pm. The meeting is also open to deputies, senior managers and directors in Devon, Torbay and Plymouth. The next agenda includes updates on Workforce Development Fund, how to respond to a COVID-19 outbreak and 'food for fingers' project. This is also an opportunity for providers to ask questions, share experiences and raise concerns. To register please follow this link. If you have any questions please contact Ann Woolway.
Short NHS training courses for care home and domiciliary care providers - Hydration
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Pop Up courses These short informative sessions have been designed and are delivered by nurses and nurse specialists to support the daily care for your clients i.e pressure ulcer prevention, catheter care, oral care, nutrition and hydration. Restore 2 has been established as a means of early detection of a resident whose condition may be deteriorating. 1) Restore 2 mini which looks at ‘soft signs’ such as increased breathlessness, a change in usual eating or drinking habits and takes just...
Short NHS training courses for care home and domiciliary care providers - Oral care
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Pop Up courses These short informative sessions have been designed and are delivered by nurses and nurse specialists to support the daily care for your clients i.e pressure ulcer prevention, catheter care, oral care, nutrition and hydration. Restore 2 has been established as a means of early detection of a resident whose condition may be deteriorating. 1) Restore 2 mini which looks at ‘soft signs’ such as increased breathlessness, a change in usual eating or drinking habits and takes just...