Doreen Fulfils Her Dream With A Special Swim To Mark Her 80th Birthday
Doreen Smith, a resident at Lewin House nursing home in Aylesbury, celebrated turning 80 by making waves at Stoke Mandeville Stadium. This marked the first…
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Month: September 2019
Care Organisation Wins Top Award For Moving Play About Dementia
An arts-loving care organisation have been honoured with a top award for their partnership with a theatre company in producing a moving play about dementia….
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Industry Responds To Chancellors Spending Round
The care sector has been quick to respond to yesterday’s spending round announced by the Chancellor. Sajid Javid has promised the largest increase in public…
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Chancellor Delivers Spending Round 2019
The fastest planned increase in day-to-day departmental spending for 15 years was announced yesterday (4 September 2019) by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid…
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Fonthill House Rated ‘Outstanding’ By The Care Quality Commission
The St Albans Care Home, managed by Fonthill Care, adds to its impressive Beacon status. Fonthill House Nursing and Residential Care Home, already rated Outstanding…
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Young Musicians Visit Sunrise Of Westbourne
Team members and residents at Sunrise of Westbourne were delighted to receive a visit from a group of talented young musicians for a very special…
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Department Of Health & Social Care To Launch Next Phase Of Adult Social Care Recruitment Campaign
The adult social care sector is being urged by the Minister for Care to back the next phase of a recruitment campaign launched by the…
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Manchester Care Home Reaches Out With ‘Postcards Of Kindness’
An Atherton care home, is helping to combat loneliness and isolation by reaching out via Facebook group ‘Postcards of Kindness’. The Chanters Care Home, in…
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Bees, Birds And Butterflies: Care Home Designs Eco-Garden To Bring Wildlife Back
A care home in Oxfordshire has designed and built an eco-garden to encourage more wildlife to the home, following requests from nature loving residents. Churchfields…
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Orchard Care Homes Confirmed As Finalist In Prestigious Industry Awards
Orchard Care Homes, provider of specialist residential, dementia, nursing and short-term respite care, has been confirmed as a finalist in this year’s LaingBuisson Awards, in…
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AgeUK Calls For Cash Injection Ahead Of Spending Review
New Age UK report lays out truly frightening trends in social care Charity says a big cash injection at Wednesday’s Spending Review is imperative to…
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Apetito Supports Professional Care Worker’s Day
Apetito, creator and supplier of meals for the health and social care sector, is to sponsor the Professional Care Worker’s Day on 4th September 2019….
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NHS Cuts Medicines Costs by Three Quarters of a Billion Pounds
The NHS has saved more than £700 million from the annual medicines bill to reinvest in new treatments as part of the Long Term Plan. An NHS-wide…
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Saints Fan, 71, Sees His St Mary’s Wish Come True
When John Moore’s care home staff asked him to make a wish, the Saints fan said he wanted to visit the ‘new’ St Mary’s stadium….
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NCS Young People Get Arty At Borough Care’s Lisburne Court
Borough Care recently welcomed young people taking part in a National Citizen Service (NCS) project to its Lisburne Court home in Offerton. Borough Care, the…
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