Introduction- This week, 13th-19th May 2024, is Dementia Awareness week, Dementia is the most prominent condition within our service, and this is why we feel as if it is important to spread as much information around this condition as possible. There are multiple types of Dementia, these being, Alzheimer’s, Vascular Dementia, Mixed Dementia, Frontotemporal [...]
What is Carer Centricity?- Carer Centricity is putting Carers first. Carers are the most important people in the Sector; therefore, we show them genuine compassion. We strive to create a culture of support as well as showing love and appreciation to our carers. As we have discussed in our previous Blogs, one of our [...]
Candour: The quality of being open and honest. The duty of candour is a general duty to be open and transparent with people receiving care from you, whether or not something has gone wrong. It applies to every health and social care provider regulated by CQC and requires you to apologise for the harm caused and [...]
What does compassionate care mean to VANS? It means we support our angels after a client passes, we support the client’s family members, and we also enable our angels to attend the client’s funeral. We put each individual comment from the carers on a sympathy card even if it takes two cards to enable all [...]
