Nice and SCIE have produced a quick guide on Moving between hospital and home.
Registered managers and their teams play an important role in supporting people when they are transferring in and out of hospital. This quick guide provides a brief overview of how managers can work with hospitals to ensure a good experience of transition for the people in their care.
You can find out more and access the guidance here.
In recent years we have seen a massive growth of academic research in the field of autism. Much of this has set out to examine genetic causes or cognitive and behavioural characteristics, and has been largely carried out in the United States. This attention has also led to a growth in the number of media representations of autism and autistic people, often based on rather stereotypical characterisations, and consultations with researchers and clinicians.
Read the Care Knowledge blog by Damian Milton here.
All of the STOMP for Social Care latest news is available here.
VODG appoints Andrea Moulding as new Head of Membership and Engagement. Andrea has extensive experience in social care and the charity sector having been a social worker, probation officer and worked for a large disability organisation.