Defibrillator Bid For High-Flying Care Team
Carers at a north Dorset nursing and residential home are preparing to hit the heights in a bid to raise cash to buy a community…
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Month: July 2017
Machine Learning Can Predict Rate Of Memory Change
In new research published this month, researchers have created a machine learning algorithm that is able to form two distinct groups of people who have…
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Health Experts Give Thumbs-Up To Care Home Provider
Community health professionals have given a South coast care home company top marks in a survey designed to identify areas of best practice and scope…
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Fundraisers Cover 200 Miles In Care Home Cycling Challenge
YOUNG footballers and elderly care home residents covered almost 200 miles on exercise bikes as part of a charity cycling challenge in Chester le Street….
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Veterans’ Charity Celebrates ‘Topping Out’ Milestone Of Third Home
A new home caring for disabled veterans in High Wycombe reached an important construction milestone when the ‘topping out’ ceremony marked the building reaching its…
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Care Sector Pays A Fifth Of All Health And Safety Fines In Local Authority Enforced Cases
The care sector was levied with 21% of all health and safety fines in cases prosecuted by local authorities this year, according to a research…
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‘Top Up Stealth Tax’ Forced On Older People Entitled To Free Care
Age UK has revealed that the families of a quarter of care home residents whose care is supposed to be free are being forced into…
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Which Dementia Is It? New, Easy-To-Use Tool May Help
In a study, published in the journal Neurology, researchers show how a simple and non-invasive tool could hold promise as a way to classify whether…
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User And Community-Owned Care Poorly Understood, New Research Finds
With social care in need of transformation and political parties focused on finding solutions, the new report published by the Co-operative Care Forums for England…
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Half Of Care Home Staff Say Residents Are Banned From Smoking In The Home
New figures released by leading care home reviews website carehome.co.uk reveal that half (49%) of care home staff say care homes are protecting their residents…
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The Carer Issue #37 – Summer 2017
Click to read issue #37 of The Carer – Published Summer (July) 2017.
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Sculpture Unveiled At Suffolk Care Home
A beautiful outdoor sculpture, commissioned by Care UK from a talented local artist, has been unveiled at a care home in Bury St. Edmunds. The…
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A Lancashire Care Home Buzzes With Excitement As It Launches A Campaign To Save The Bees, Together With Its Local School & Community Groups.
The new ‘Haslingden Bee Keeping Project’ is the bee’s knees, as it launches at Haslingden Hall & Lodge care home in Lancashire, with help from…
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New Sensory Garden Is Berry Popular At Ochilview Court
Green-fingered tenants at a West Lothian retirement development have been given the welcome addition of a new herb garden. Bield’s Ochilview Court in Armadale hopes…
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New Framework To Promote Person-Centred Approaches In Healthcare
Skills for Health, Health Education England and Skills for Care have announced a new Framework to support person-centred approaches for the health and social care…
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