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    Say thank you where it happened.

    Recognition and communication for the whole home.

    Any member of staff can thank a colleague from their own phone and record the values it showed, and the app crowns champions every month. One feed carries the rest, from news and events to polls and priority posts everyone must acknowledge, and the reports show engagement, kudos and values for each home.

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    01 · Give kudos

    Any member of staff can give kudos from their own phone.

    Kudos are given from the Directory in the staff app or from the dashboard. Choose the colleague, the type of thank-you and the values it showed, and AI will draft or improve the words.

    Kudos From the DirectoryStaff open the Directory in the app, stop on a colleague's row and give kudos there and then.
    Five Types, and the Values ShownCongratulations, star, thank you, work anniversary and employee of the month, each tagged with up to four values: twelve fixed ones, or your own.
    02 · Champions

    The app crowns its champions every month.

    Points are counted at report time, and the previous month's top three givers and top three recipients appear on the app home screen beside the leaderboard, for the whole home to see.

    Top Givers and Top RecipientsEmployee of the month counts two points and every other type counts one, so both giving and receiving are recognised.
    Champions Every MonthThe champions card names the top giver and the most recognised for the month just gone, announced with confetti.
    03 · The feed

    One feed for the home, sent to the audience you choose.

    News, announcements, polls, kudos, events, priority posts and company updates run on one feed, addressed to the whole company, one home, one team or one person, and posted from the app or the dashboard. A priority post cannot be passed over: the reader is asked to acknowledge it, and the record is kept against the post.

    News, Events and Polls in One PlaceThe same feed carries the rest of what a home needs to say, on every phone, so nobody hears it second-hand. Staff reply attending, maybe or cannot attend, and event RSVPs are what the company scorecard counts as attendance.
    Who the Post Is ForEach post is addressed to the company, one home, one team or one person, and people can be tagged by name.
    04 · Reports

    Culture with numbers, reported for each home.

    Five report tabs on the dashboard: engagement, the kudos leaderboard, the kudos report, the values report and a company scorecard across every home.

    A Scorecard Across Every HomeOne row per home, so head office can see where recognition is happening and where it is not.
    Five Report TabsEngagement, who gives and who receives, and which values show up most, for each home.

    The film · 2:30

    This is a thank-you.

    A short film explaining how a thank-you is given from the floor, how the whole home sees it and what the reports show. Captions are available.

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    reduction in shift gapswithin six weeks
    2x
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    • KudosAny member of staff can thank a colleague from their phone and record the values shown, and champions are recognised each month.
    • Leaderboard & championsThe leaderboard and this month's champions appear on the app home screen, so the whole home can see who is being thanked.
    • One feed for the homeNews, events with RSVP, polls and priority posts that everyone must acknowledge, with a record of who has done so.
    • AI writing helpAI suggests or improves the wording of a post or a thank-you.
    • Photographs & videoEvery post carries likes and comments, can be pinned, and can include several photographs, uploaded video and YouTube or Vimeo links.
    • ReportsEngagement, kudos leaderboard, values and company scorecard reports, with an acknowledgement report you can export.
    • Staff appOn iOS and Android, for every staff member at no extra cost. Managers post and read the reports on the dashboard.
    • Training and support includedWe set up your homes, import your staff records and train your managers live. A UK team on in-app chat and email.
    CareKudos™
    £89 a month per home

    Available on its own, and included in CareHR and the Platform.

    Or CareHR for £6 per bed. CareKudos, leave and surveys are included in CareHR, and in the whole platform at £10. See pricing

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    Last reviewed September 2026 · Based on publicly available documentation and pricing.

    Who can give kudos, and what is recorded?

    Any member of staff, from the Directory in the app or from the dashboard. There are five types — congratulations, star, thank you, work anniversary and employee of the month — and up to four values can be tagged against each one, from twelve fixed values plus a value of your own.

    Does AI write the thank-you?

    AI suggests the wording of a kudos or a post, and improves what has already been written. The words remain yours to edit, and nothing is posted until the person posts it.

    How are the monthly champions decided?

    Points are counted at report time, two for employee of the month and one for every other type. The champions are the previous month's top three givers and top three recipients, shown with the leaderboard on the app home screen.

    How do we know a priority post has been read?

    Marking a post priority makes acknowledgement compulsory. Staff acknowledge it in the app, and the acknowledgement report shows how many of the audience have acknowledged it and who they are. That report exports as CSV.

    What can a post carry?

    Text, up to ten photographs, an uploaded video and YouTube or Vimeo links shown in the feed. Every post carries a like and comments, can be pinned, and is addressed to the company, one home, one team or one person. Posts publish immediately.

    What does CareKudos cost, and is it included in anything?

    CareKudos is £89 a month per home, with every staff member included, on a monthly rolling contract with no setup fee. It is also included in CareHR at £6 per bed per month and in the People Management Platform at £10 per bed per month.

    Your standards, in every home.

    Book a demonstration to see CareKudos working with your own homes and teams.

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