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Care UK Mother and Daughter Conquer 96-Mile Highlands Hike for Parkinson’s UK
A mother and daughter from a Care UK care home laced up their walking boots and trekked almost 100 miles across the Scottish Highlands to…
Chertsey Nursing Home Receives Surprise Compassion Award at Surrey Care Awards
A Chertsey nursing home received an unexpected honour at the Surrey Care Awards 2026 when its team was presented with a special recognition award for…
Pioneering Vaccination Programme Enables Nursing Home Nurses to Vaccinate Residents
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board is the first in the UK to enable nursing home staff to deliver vaccinations to their own…
National Care Service Must Address Injustice Faced by Self-Funders
The care system in England forces over 220,000 people to pay all their adult social care costs, making the country a stark outlier among comparable…
PM Andy Burnham Backs Dementia Carers Together Appeal
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has backed the Daily Mail and Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Carers Together Appeal after revealing how his mother was left “sinking” under…
Remembrance Day – We Want to Hear Your Stories
The Carer has, in recent years, been proud to honour the service and sacrifice of all those who defended, and continue to defend, our freedoms. We consider it a great privilege to share the meaningful…
Community Comes Together for Heron Manor Grand Launch
The Fleet community came together last month to celebrate the Grand Launch of Heron Manor, a distinctive new care home bringing a fresh approach to…
Magnolia Court Housekeeper Wins at National Care Awards
Magnolia Court Care Home is celebrating after Head of Housekeeping Diana Harry was named Care Home Housekeeper of the Year at the National Care Awards….
New Era of Dementia Detection Backed by £20m investment
Newcastle University is a partner in a £20 million research hub developing AI and data-driven tools to help the NHS prevent dementia and improve early…
Lord Cameron Leads Call for Wider NHS Access to Alzheimer’s Drugs and 18-Week Diagnosis Limit
Former prime minister Lord Cameron is among a group of leading dementia specialists calling for Alzheimer’s medicines currently unavailable on the NHS to be made…
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Spark Care Brings Less2Care’s Continence Waste System to UK and Irish Care Homes
Spark Care, the care technology partner focused on safer, calmer and dignity-first care environments, has been appointed exclusive UK and Ireland distributor for Less2Care, the Dutch company behind a complete system for collecting and containing continence waste in care settings. Less2Care’s approach is already used in more than 2,000 care locations across Europe.
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Community Care Needs Digital Transformation On Its Own Terms
As is probably true for many community and social care providers, Care Plus Group’s use of digital has evolved over time and advanced organically, in pockets of the organisation. There was plenty of enthusiasm for technology-enabled change…
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Spark Care Brings Less2Care’s Continence Waste System to UK and Irish Care Homes
Spark Care, the care technology partner focused on safer, calmer and dignity-first care environments, has been appointed exclusive UK and Ireland distributor for Less2Care, the Dutch company behind a complete system for collecting and containing continence waste in care settings. Less2Care’s approach is already used in more than 2,000 care locations across Europe.
