More people aged 65 and over than ever before
The latest census has revealed some interesting data. The population has grown by more than 3.5 million (6.3%) in 10 years. But the more interesting statistic is more people are aged 65 and over than ever before. The over 65’s represent 21.3% in Wales, compared to 18.4% in England. East Devon has the most...
July 5, 2022
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New Install: Birchwood Heights by Oakland Care
GHM Care has recently installed a new telephone system, WiFi and our Nexus solution at the newly built Birchwood Heights, managed by Oakland Care. This purpose-built care home in the small town of Swanley in Kent, offering 77 en-suite bedrooms in a luxurious setting. The care home telephone system comprises a range of desk phones,...
June 20, 2022
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GHM Care welcomes Ruann Van der Hoff as IT Support Engineer
Ruann Van der Hoff has joined our technical support team as an IT Support Engineer. Ruann will be providing the care homes and groups that use our IT Support services with assistance onsite, online and by telephone. Whether it’s upgrading PCs, installing new software, network assistance or troubleshooting, Ruann has over 15 years industry experience...
June 14, 2022
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Meet the Team: Ed Sibbald
Ed has worked as an Engineer for GHM for six years. He is always working on-site with our customers, travelling across the country to fix any issues, install new products or upgrade existing ones. He’s also a specialist when it comes to our Nexus nursecall messaging system for care homes, doing everything from installing the...
May 20, 2022
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In the Press: Care Home Management
GHM Care has been featured in the latest issue of Care Home Management. As part of a feature on alarm systems, GHM Care provided statistics on the typical usage of nursecall systems including response times, the most common type of calls and peak times for calls. We were able to compile the data thanks to...
May 19, 2022
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New Install: Adel Manor Care Home
GHM Care has installed a range of solutions at the bright and modern Adel Manor Care Home. This New Care Home is in the rural community of Adel, located 5 miles from Leeds city centre. Our engineers installed a telephone system comprising a range of desk phones, DECT phones and easy-to-use resident handsets. The WiFi...
May 13, 2022
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Keeping focus of your people when implementing tech
Introducing new technology should make things easier and more efficient for care home staff. However, it can be easy to get bogged down with specifications or implementation and forget why you needed the tech in the first place. The company’s most important asset - people - often get forgotten. So how best to keep the...
May 5, 2022
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GHM Care through the eyes of a nine-year old
The alarm goes off, we pack our kids off to school and get on with the day job! However, what do the kids think we do at GHM Care? We thought we would share this fun article by James, the 9-year-old son of Managing Director Neil. What Daddy does for a living Q What is...
April 8, 2022
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How the micro chip shortage is affecting EU care homes
We have previously blogged on the global chip shortage and how we have needed to increase some lead times on delivering projects within our care homes. The shortage has exposed Europe’s dependency on Asia, where most chips are manufactured. It has been more problematic for the EU, which is well behind on-chip productions. Both the EU...
April 6, 2022
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Meet the Team: Keirra Pringle
A huge favourite with our GHM Care customers, Keirra not only provides front-line assistance on our Support Desk, but also manages resources for our projects team, ensuring the smooth delivery of hardware and equipment when and where it is needed. And if that’s not enough, she also supports the 3,000 plus mobile devices used by...
March 16, 2022
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