“Go to work on an egg” – perfect advice for care homes

The humble British egg has had a tough time of it in the last thirty years or more.

But the British egg is back in a big way. Packed with protein and vitamins but no sugar, it is playing a vital part on the care home menu – both as a cooked item in its own right or as part of dishes such as ice cream, cakes and mayonnaise.

In this special podcast we talk to British Lion Eggs about the importance of protein in residents' diets. Many residents are of an age where they remember how good eggs can be for their health.

Join food safety and hygiene specialist, Dr Lisa Ackerley and specialist older person’s dietitian, Alison Smith as they discuss how the protein provided by eggs helps older people in care homes guard against some of the problems increasing frailty can bring.

Of course, eggs must be cooked properly!

Podcast hosted by Alan Rustad and kindly sponsored by Rotacloud.

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For a care home to remain viable it must maximise its occupancy rates. But keeping occupancy levels high is no easy task.

In our special podcast we look at:

• How care homes can ensure they keep residency levels as high as possible?
• The importance of sales and marketing
• Turning enquiries into residents

Join Ali Powell, CEO and Founder of Commercial Acceleration as she talks to host Alan Rustad.

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In this special podcast with Towergate Insurance and Care England we provide some top tips to help care homes purchase the most useful and cost-effective insurance.

• Are you insured for the right things? Protecting revenue as well as the building?
• What about cyber insurance?
• What if you had a data health breach?
• Working with insurance brokers

Join our experts, Care England's social care advisor Richard Ayres and Towergate's head of care Jason Brown.

Podcast hosted by Alan Rustad.

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PR and marketing can boost your care home's reputation, which can boost occupancy.

In this special podcast we explore the benefits of promoting your home locally and how you can drive enquiries using strong and relevant content in all your marketing.

Our experts provide some great top tips to help care providers improve their marketing straightaway.

Join Five On A Bike Group founder York Woodford-Smith and Chew PR's founder Colette Lowe.

Podcast hosted by Care Home Management's publishing editor Steve Hemsley.

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Two of key elements to a successful care home are good leadership from the management team and a strong and loyal workforce to deliver the very best of care.

But how do you achieve that?

In this podcast, four people with a deep knowledge of the legal, HR, and service requirements were brought together to discuss how owners and managers can inspire with the very best leadership, and at the same time get the best from their teams.

They also examined what is needed to recruit and retain staff, who today have so many other opportunities open to them.

Taking part were James Howell, Managing Director of Rubric Law; Nicola Johnson, from Kelso Care Consortium; Zameer Nazarali – CEO and Founder SimplifyER; and Leigh Smith – Director of Growth and Happiness, AnswerConnect

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Going digital must be a priority for care homes but it is a complex area.

In our latest industry-leading podcast we look at three specific areas to save care homes time and money:

• DSCR - improving outcomes for Care Providers & Service Users
• Improving transparency in the care home by removing manual processes, particularly around expenses
• Digitalisation in workforce management, particularly the challenges with temporary staffing

Join our expert panel of Kate Roberts, managing director of Neuven, Sanjay Malkani, head of sales at Expend and Ed Evans, sales director at Log My Care.

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Sustainability has never been a more important subject for care homes.

Potential residents and their families are asking questions they have never asked before. And regulators, like the CQC, are including sustainability policies in their regulation procedures.

In a recent Care Home Management podcast, three people from companies providing services to care homes came together to discuss sustainability and how it is a subject that will be given even more prominence.

They were James Read, Chief Marketing Officer, of Zellar; Christina Larkin, Chief Data and Marketing Officer at JLA; and Nicole Fenton, Marketing Manager, Ontex Global.

They discuss:

• How care home owners are responding to the calls to be more sustainable
• The reaction of managers and carers and other stakeholders
• Where can things clash? For example. sustainability versus infection control?
• How will sustainability in care homes evolve over the next few years?

Join our panel and host Alan Rustad.

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The start of a new year is always a time for looking ahead and also reviewing the previous 12 months.

Every January Christie & Co, specialist advisor for buying and selling businesses, brings out its Business Outlook where it does just that.

In a special Care Home Management magazine podcast, we caught up with three of their regional leaders, Rob Kinsman, South and West; Lee Howard, North and Midlands; and Martin Daw, Scotland.

· How robust is the care sector?

· Where is demand coming from?

· Where is investment coming from?

· Local authorities and private sector challenges

· The benefits of investing in better facilities

· Impact of predicted interest rates and a General Election

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