The CarePlanner Blog
Welcome to our blog about topics of interest and latest news in the home care industry. Topics of interest for carers and home care managers alike.
Business Challenges and Technological Solutions for Domiciliary Care
A few weeks ago, CarePlanner gave a talk at the Care Show on Business Challenges and Technological Solutions for Home Care / Domiciliary Care. It was pleasantly surprising to find the theatre was packed full, even as the talk came to a conclusion. So, it would seem...
Staff Retention in Home Care
In a recent home care sector survey we conducted, staff retention was the second highest concern, just behind recruitment. Retaining staff was in the top three business challenges for 43% of respondents, and it was the number one business challenge for over a fifth....
Recruiting the Best Home Care Staff More Effectively
Recruiting the best home care or domiciliary staff is an ongoing challenge in our sector. With low rates of pay, demanding working conditions and a frequent association with negative stories in the press means that recruiting home care staff can seem like an uphill...
CarePlanner Passes 1,000th Customer Milestone!
We are proud to report that at CarePlanner we now have over 1,000 active accounts using our home care management and rostering software! This equates to well over 17,700 admin users, 50,326 active carers and over 59,256,000 appointments booked via the system! It’s...
Effective Workforce Management in the Social Care Sector
Effective workforce management is finely balanced art. On the one hand, there are the daily challenges of scheduling care worker rotas. On the other hand, you are managing people, who have needs beyond what they’re doing when. As a provider of scheduling software...
Joined up thinking in the connected world of care
Working in care is a tough job. On the one hand you have shrinking budgets, and on the other hand you have rising costs and recruitment challenges. As a result, it’s not surprising that efficiency is the buzzword on everyone’s lips right now. Efficiency isn’t just...