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  As summer temperatures rise, ensuring the safety, comfort and wellbeing of elderly nursing home residents becomes a more complex challenge.   The warmer months bring unique operational hurdles, from increased risks of dehydration and heat stress to heightened tendencies for wandering during pleasant weather. Implementing an integrated technology framework, specifically through advanced nurse call solutions, wander management systems and fall alarm

Statistics show that up to 50% of older people living in Irish residential care settings experience a fall at least once every year, with an estimated 40% of those individuals suffering recurrent falls. The HSE Patient Safety Strategy 2019-2024 has highlighted patient/service user falls as one of the ‘Common Causes of Harm’ and a priority area

In any hospital setting, delivering safe, timely and quality care is the number one priority. To ensure patients receive the care they need, hospital efficiency is an absolute necessity.   Hospital efficiencies include; adequate staffing, optimised workflows, better coordination of care, effective cost management and timely discharge of patients. Another key efficiency is the adoption of quality enhancing

Over 55 million people across the globe live with Alzheimer’s, with almost 50,000 of those residing in Ireland  Taking place on Sunday, September 21st, 2025, World Alzheimer’s Day is a global effort to raise awareness and challenge the stigma around Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia.  SVC Care Communications has been supplying Ireland’s care

Anyone associated with nursing homes knows how important resident care plans are. The difference a personalised plan makes to the physical and mental wellbeing of a resident can be monumental in the both short and long term.   When putting together a resident care plan, every helpful resource is assessed. Nowadays, that includes technology such as

While there’s no database in Ireland with statistics for nursing home residents presenting to hospital emergency departments, a report published by An International Journal of Medicine earlier this year shows that there were 519 ED presentations by nursing home residents over one year with 48% presenting with a fall, see the full report here: https://academic.oup.com/qjmed/article/118/4/273/7952023 

In any healthcare facility, whether a hospital, nursing home or care centre, safety, efficiency and compliance are non-negotiable. Critical systems like Nurse Call, Fall Monitoring and Wander Management form the backbone of communications in any residential care setting. Keeping these systems performing reliably is not just a matter of convenience, it’s vital to ensuring safety

In celebration of National Tree Week 2025, SVC Care Communications reaffirms its commitment to sustainability through its ongoing tree sponsorship initiative with Crann Trees for Ireland.  Since the initiative’s launch in 2020, SVC Care Communications has proudly sponsored the planting of over 2,500 native Irish trees, and that number is continually growing.  National Tree Week,

Wandering is a common behaviour among residents in nursing homes, particularly those living with dementia. Wandering is effectively defined as a repetitive, purposeful movement without a clear destination and wandering presents significant challenges for caregivers.   Unfortunately, there are serious risks associated with wandering, such as injuries and heightened stress levels, for both the wanderers and

As World Alzheimer’s Month begins this September, SVC Care Communications,  Ireland’s leading providers of Nurse Call and Wander Management Systems, is highlighting the importance of creating dementia-friendly environments in residential care settings. With the global campaign’s theme for 2024, “Time to act on dementia, Time to act on Alzheimer’s,” SVC is committed to raising awareness about