If you haven’t booked yet for our Autumn ‘Essential Updates’ there’s still time. These important twice-yearly seminars will provide delegates with an informative, focused and interactive day that will ensure Registered Providers, Registered Managers and Senior Staff who are responsible for… read more »
CFW members recently attended a workshop on the National Minimum Wage run by HMRC. CFW policy advisor Melanie Minty said: “The workshop was very well attended and everyone felt they had learned how to avoid some pitfalls that employers typically… read more »
A WELSH charity’s art for care homes programme is launching a new bi-lingual resource pack to help care home staff and residents to run creative activities workshops. Age Cymru’s cARTrefu project is sending a cARTrefu Activity Pack to every care home… read more »
Our health and safety expert Anthony Acari, pictured, has joined the National Task Force for Falls Prevention in Older People. The task force – which brings together health, housing, social care and third sector professionals with expertise in falls prevention… read more »
A scheme aimed at helping police to locate missing adults is being piloted by North Wales Police, in partnership with Conwy County Borough Council. The scheme, named the Herbert Protocol after a former soldier who suffered from dementia, has already… read more »
Care Forum Wales members have been invited to attend one of a number of workshop events held across the country to emphasise the importance of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. Community Development Cymru is running the events… read more »
A manager at a Newport care home is helping raise nursing standards in social care after completing a ground-breaking training programme that has just been shortlisted for an NHS Wales Award. Edgar Bautista, who came to Wales from the Philippines 10… read more »
From April 1 there is a new revalidation process that all nurses and midwives will need to go through in order to renew their registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). The NMC is calling on all employers of… read more »
The Welsh Government is inviting members of CFW to contribute to the Social Services National Outcomes Framework before it is published in final form in January 2016. Care homes and domiciliary care services will play a significant role in supporting people… read more »
Second annual Care Provider Summit: Cardiff Come to the second annual Care Provider Summit which is being hosted by Cymorth Cymru and Care Forum Wales in Cardiff on November 17. The summit promises a chance to hear from those involved… read more »