Guides for the home that has to prove it
Practical, no-fluff guides for care home managers on the records inspectors actually ask for — written by the team behind Warden, the read-and-sign compliance system.
What counts as proof that staff read a policy?
"We emailed it to everyone" is not an audit trail. The five-question test a policy acknowledgement record has to pass.
READ THE GUIDE →The DoLS register: stop authorisations lapsing unnoticed
Standard vs urgent authorisations, why lapses happen to good homes, and the register that answers on one screen.
READ THE GUIDE →Safer recruitment records, without the folder hunt
DBS, right-to-work and references — tracked to expiry, stored securely, produced in seconds.
READ THE GUIDE →The training matrix: every carer × every course
Green or red, a live compliance score, and an import that swallows your spreadsheet whole.
READ THE GUIDE →Re-issuing a policy: why v2 needs fresh signatures
If version 2 inherits version 1's signatures, the record says staff signed words they never read.
READ THE GUIDE →The inspection-day evidence pack
The four registers to produce on demand — and why PDF/Word export and an audit log decide whether it counts.
READ THE GUIDE →Magic links and night shifts
No passwords, any phone, two things on screen. Why simplicity is a compliance feature.
READ THE GUIDE →The single-home pilot: about a week
Staff list and policies imported together, zero training for carers, and the home keeps the evidence.
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