The past year and a bit may well have changed how the care sector operates forever. At the front end the service still revolves around dedicated and skilled individuals delivering services in-person through a variety of settings. But the ways … Read More
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Are We Being Fair to Care Brokerage Teams?
In many ways brokers are in the eye of the storm within the social care system. So much hinges on their ability to efficiently place care packages with approved providers. Brokerage teams arrange transfers from hospital beds to community-based services, … Read More
Why Collaborative Tools Are Great – But Not the Answer for Care Brokerage
Covid lockdowns brought exponential growth in the use of collaborative tools. Whether it’s Teams, Slack or Zoom, organisations have flocked to these tools as workforces had to find ways to keep processes moving while working from home. OK, they … Read More
Community Based Services – How to Minimise the Hidden Impact of Covid
Quite naturally, there’s been a lot of attention directed at how NHS and care home services have been affected by Covid-19. The situations faced in these settings are ones that few of us can imagine. There are long-term implications for … Read More
2021 – A Year of Managed Uncertainty for Care Services
As one year ends and another begins, uncertainties are piling up for the care sector. The question is, what practical steps can be taken to restore as much control as possible to care brokerage and delivery? Covid-19 remains a major … Read More
A Winter Burn Out in Domiciliary Care is a Real Possibility, How Do We Avoid it?
The first wave of COVID19 put domiciliary care services under extreme pressure. Service users either couldn’t or were unwilling to go into residential care. The numbers of people needing care in their own home went up. At the same time … Read More
If You Want Remote Working To Work – Here’s What You Need To Know
Remote working became a fact of life for many organisations in 2020 – including care brokerage teams. In many cases its proved to be surprisingly productive and popular. But in other organisations it’s proved to be a struggle. So what’s … Read More
‘Long Covid’ – One of Many Challenges Facing the Care Sector
For now, Covid-19 continues to put the care system under great strain. News on the vaccine front sounds promising but nothing is certain and the roll-out will probably be lengthy. In the immediate term, teams across the country are concerned … Read More
Fourteen Days to Make Care Brokerage Streamlined and Resilient – Here’s How
The world doesn’t need another article about how the social care system has been under pressure for years and how Covid-19 made a difficult situation much worse. What it needs is something positive that will explain how brokering care packages … Read More
Investing in the Future
Ulysses has been acquiring new customers rapidly over the last few months and this has led to increasing demand for our high-quality hosting services. Customers these days don’t want to be bothered with their own hardware, and increasingly ask us … Read More