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Notes from the kitchen table

Care-sector articles, product news and build-in-public updates from a family-run software team in South Wales.

17/08/2026 · News

The Care Home Phone Call Nobody Minds Getting

The Care Home Phone Call Nobody Minds Getting There is a familiar phone call in many care homes: “How has Mum been today?” It is not always a…

14/08/2026 · News

How Much Does Care Home Software Cost in 2026? A Wales Buyer’s Guide

“Contact us for a quote” is the single most common answer you’ll get when pricing care home software — which is frustrating when you’re simply trying to work…

12/08/2026 · News

Staff Shortages and Agency Cover: How Digital Handover Protects Small Welsh Care Homes

An agency carer arrives for a night shift they’ve never worked before. They have twenty minutes to learn who’s on the floor, who’s had a fall this week,…

12/08/2026 · News

Small Care Homes Don’t Need Less Technology. They Need Better Technology.

There is a strange assumption in care technology: the bigger the care provider, the more sophisticated the software needs to be. A group with hundreds of residents is…

10/08/2026 · News

Safeguarding & Notifiable Events: A Wales Care Home’s Guide to Getting It Right

A resident has a fall. It’s not serious, but it’s the third this month. Is that notifiable? What about the safeguarding concern a relative raised last week that…

07/08/2026 · News

Keeping Families in the Loop: Why Communication Matters as Much as Care in Wales’ Care Homes

The call usually comes in the early evening. A son or daughter, ringing to ask how their mother’s day went — not because anything’s wrong, but because they…

05/08/2026 · News

eMAR for Care Homes: How Digital Medication Records Cut Errors in Wales

The medication round is the part of the day with the least room for error and the most competing demands — call bells, a resident who’s unsettled, a…

03/08/2026 · News

Care Home Software in Wales: What Independent Owners Need to Know in 2026

It’s Sunday evening, and somewhere at the back of your mind you’re running the checklist you run every week: are this month’s care plan reviews actually done, is…

22/07/2026 · Release notes

A big month for tailoring Heddfa to your home and for keeping families in the loop.

22/07/2026 · Release notes

The daily medication and turning schedule is now a single home-wide worklist with a finish line — so nothing quietly gets missed.

The daily medication and turning schedule is now a single home-wide worklist with a finish line — so nothing quietly gets missed.

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