Being more Tigger and less Eeyore post-Covid

Ed Watkinson, a former care home inspector who consults for Quality Compliance Systems, maps out an upbeat post-Covid path for care providers

Most readers will be aware of Winnie the Pooh and the characters Tigger and Eeyore. Over the last six months you will have been over run with a wide range of guidance, opinion and information from third parties telling you what you need to do to effectively manage theCovid-19 pandemic.

As a result, and with the pressure of managing services through a crisis, it is understandable and expected that you may feel a little ‘Eeyore’: ground down, pessimistic and a little bit defeated.

However, his article will take a different view and highlight how positive the future could be for the care home sector. I will be unashamedly ‘Tigger’ about the opportunities that might present themselves in a post-Covid world.

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