Managing difficult situations: a toolkit for healthcare professionals
Managing difficult situations: a toolkit for healthcare professionals Working in healthcare, you will come across various forms of challenging behaviours. You may also witness these behaviours in the client’s family or their loved ones. It’s important to understand why these situations happen and how to manage them when they do occur. Below, our Clinical Service […]
World Mental Health Day 2021
Today we are celebrating World Mental Health Day. This year’s theme is ‘mental health in an unequal world’. The theme highlights how the number of people living in poverty grows. The history of World Mental Health Day World Mental Health Day occurred for the first time on the 10th of October 1992. It started as […]
The transition from acute care to the community
When I look back on my transition from working in an acute hospital setting to working as a community nurse, I can clearly remember the vast difference between each of the two roles. My role in a complex care ward was intense, fast-paced and unpredictable at times. I relied on not only my nursing skills […]
Social effects of friendships for people with learning disabilities and/or autism
In our latest article, our Divisional Chief Nurse, Clare, discusses the social effects of friendships for people with learning disabilities and/or autism and the importance of those friendships. She also discusses how COVID-19 and the different restrictions have affected people with learning disabilities and/or autism and how best to support them. The importance of […]
Autism explained: how to educate your children about autism
It’s important for children to understand what autism is and how it affects those around them. Many children of all ages across the UK have autism. Educating children about autism should be done in a way where your child learns how children with autism may have difficulties with social communication, relationship building and hypersensitivity to […]
