Orchard Care Homes Moves To Combat Loneliness At Christmas
Hayden Knight, CEO at Orchard Care Homes, is taking a positive stance in the fight to combat loneliness at Christmas by encouraging care organisations to follow in…
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Month: December 2019
Bringing Generations Together At Christmas
A nursing home near Bridgnorth in Shropshire held a special Christmas morning with new friends from nearby Jiggy Wrigglers Music and Movement Classes. 18 toddlers…
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Social Care Sector Reacts to Election Result
With Boris Johnson’s Conservative Government leading the polls with a comfortable majority, ending the uncertainty on Brexit that has dominated the news for many months,…
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Epsom Care Home Reaches Out With ‘Postcards Of Kindness’
Linden House care home is helping to reduce loneliness and isolation by reaching out via Facebook group ‘Postcards of Kindness’. The home, on College Road…
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Christmas Celebrations And Loved Ones Remembered At Royal Star & Garter’s Starlight Services
A series of services have been held by Royal Star & Garter to celebrate the lives of its residents past and present and the Christmas…
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Four Seasons To Hand Over 57 Care Homes
Four Seasons Health Care has agreed to hand over 57 leasehold homes to four new operators as part of its continuing restructuring process. Of the 57,…
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Make A Carers Christmas With Quarriers’ New Respitality Project In Aberdeenshire
Quarriers is launching a new pilot project, ‘Respitality’, across Central Aberdeenshire – a service aimed at helping unpaid carers access short and vital breaks. Co-ordinated…
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The NACC Care Chef of the Year 2020 Competition is Open for Entries
The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) has launched the NACC Care Chef of the Year 2020 competition. Entries are now open and the search…
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Riverdale Court Wins Again!
December Home Manager, Nicolas Kee Mew has “scooped” first prize at the Markel 3rd Sector awards for the dementia care award. The award ceremony was…
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Michael Gove Helps Care Home Resident’s Christmas Wish Come True
Residents and team members at Camberley Manor care home in Deepcut hosted their “General Election: Tea with…” session, which aims to ensure that vulnerable elderly…
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Care Group First In Area To Introduce New Telemedicine Service
A Scarborough care provider has become the first in the area to introduce a new telemedicine service designed to provide round-the-clock access to clinical support…
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Wishing Tree Angling Trip Sees A Whopper Recorded For Care Home Resident
When keen former angler Roger Tinkler went on a special trip, organised by his care home team, he did not expect to catch a carp…
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Topping Out Ceremony For New Hallmark Care Home
A major milestone has been marked at a new 77 bed Hallmark care home in Hutton, Essex which will provide residential, nursing and dementia care….
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NHS Warning As Winter Vomiting Bug Closes 1,000 Hospital Beds
The NHS is calling on the public to heed advice and stay at home if they have norovirus to avoid passing it on, as hospitals…
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Local Care Provider Has The Recipe For A 5 Star Success This Festive Season
Chefs and residents at The Fremantle Trust are working together to have a fun Christmas, backed up by a top rating for food and hygiene…
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