Retro Styled Dementia Unit Brings Comfort To First Residents
A brand new purpose-built dementia care unit in Middlesbrough has opened and is supporting its first patients, after receiving funding from Yorkshire Bank. The £3million…
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Month: March 2016
Value Of Independent Sector Healthcare Provision Grows By 5% To £45.4 Billion, According To Latest Laingbuisson Figures
Figures published today by healthcare consultancy LaingBuisson reveal that the revenues generated by independent sector (non-statutory) providers across 12 core health and care market segments…
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St Monica Trust Commits To Paying Staff 5% Above The NLW
The St Monica Trust has become the one of first care providers in the country to commit to paying its staff 5% above the Government’s…
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Study Reveals Alarming Stats Around Elderly Support In The UK
More than two million elderly Brits feel trapped in their homes, according to research. A study of 1,000 people with parents over the age of…
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Nationwide Study Consults Specialist Dementia Care Centre
Five residents and their families from specialist dementia care centre, Clifden House in Sussex, have been chosen to take part in a nationwide research study…
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Fundraising Trek To The Top Of Britain For Older People Suffering From Dementia
A Scottish woman has conquered the UK’s highest mountain in a fundraising effort to help improve the quality of life of Bield tenants living with…
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Scientists Call For More Research Into The Role Of Microbes In Alzheimer’s Disease
An editorial in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease brings together evidence linking microbes – a virus and two kinds of bacteria – to the development…
Read more...Care Homes Struggle To Care For Residents With Advanced Dementia
New research has raised concerns regarding the care of those with advanced dementia in care homes across the UK. It has highlighted that the needs…
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Huge Public Support For Cross Party Action To Fix Health And Social Care
An overwhelming majority of British adults (85%) are concerned about the future of the NHS. And 91% agree that political parties should work together to…
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40% Of Over-60s Still “Unprepared” For Retirement, Report Warns
New white paper report finds alarming number of non-retired over-60s feel unprepared for their retirement. 39% of UK’s non-retired over-60s population don’t know how much…
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Local Care Home Makes ‘Time For A Cuppa’ And Supports Dementia Charity
Residents at Larkhill Hall care home in West Derby made ‘Time for a Cuppa’ on 1st March by hosting an event to raise money for…
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Balhousie Care Group’s Louise Barnett Wins Outstanding Accolade At Women Ahead Awards
Balhousie Care Group, a leading provider of quality residential care for the elderly in Scotland, is celebrating after its Operations Director, Louise Barnett, picked up…
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Care South’s Chairman Felicity Irwin and Chief Executive Susan Willoughby presenting Tracy Frankcom with her award
25 Years Of Service Celebrated At Bournemouth Care Home
Staff and residents at Care South’s Talbot View care home in Ensbury Park Bournemouth have been celebrating recently as Deputy Manager, Tracy Frankcom reached the…
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Boulters Lock Chef Gets Through To National Final
Sheldon Childress, Head Chef at Boulters Lock Care Home in Maidenhead, has been shortlisted as one the Nation’s top 5 Chefs in Care at the…
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Good Health On Tap: Organisations Unite To Keep Wales Hydrated
Royal Voluntary Service and other leading Welsh charities and older people’s groups are uniting to support a major campaign led by the Welsh NHS to…
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