Wandering alert at 14:12: what happens at the door?
A resident with dementia walks out: her wristband alerts staff, the door alarm sounds and a carer is there in two minutes. How wandering protection works.
A paper-free morning medication round, from 7:00 to 8:30
A morning medication round on a phone: who needs medicine before breakfast, what to do if a resident refuses, and how the monthly MAR sheet builds itself.
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Shift handover in five minutes: an evening and a morning
A resident falls one evening in a care home. We show how every detail reaches the morning shift in writing, and how the care plan is updated.
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How an issue of Hírmondó is made: the month’s photos as a magazine
How staff photos in a care home become a monthly newsletter for families to page through and print, and how GIRBO keeps track of photo consent.
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Introducing GIRBO: a Hungarian system for everyday life in residential care homes
Why we built a dedicated system for care homes and other social care settings, not general software: GIRBO’s background and lessons from the first rollout.
Read more →Care fees and payment requests: where most of the time goes, and how to save it
Monthly care fees, recharged items and payment requests are among the most time-consuming tasks. Where do errors creep in, and what can be automated?
Read more →GDPR in a care home: what to watch for with residents’ data
Health data, access for relatives, paper files in the corridor: a practical GDPR checklist for managers of residential care homes.
Read more →Why is Excel not enough to run a residential care home?
Excel is a great tool, but a care home cannot run on it: the data is not connected, you cannot see who changed what, and fee calculations are fragile.
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