Care Home to Deliver Hotel-style Hospitality
A new Lincolnshire care home promises to offer its residents a hotel style level of service, with leading contract caterer Elior managing the hospitality side…
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The Carer Issue #29 – Summer 2015
Click to read issue #29 of The Carer – Published Summer (July) 2015.
Read more...Dementia is a Challenge to the Entire Planet – Professor Alistair Burns
NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia reports from Geneva on the first World Health Organisation Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia: This landmark…
Read more...Anchor Care Home Launches Pioneering Nutrition Initiative
Pioneering nutrition and hydration stations are to be installed at Buckingham Lodge, Anchor’s new residential care home in Aylesbury, which will welcome its first residents…
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK is Chosen Charity for James Dyson Foundation
Alzheimer’s Research UK and the James Dyson Foundation, Dyson’s charitable arm, have launched a new charity partnership that will see staff at engineering firm Dyson…
Read more...National Care Home Provider’s “Your Vote Counts” Campaign Empowers Older People To Have Their Say
The voting campaign launched by the Orders of St. John Care Trust (OSJCT) – one of the UK’s leading care providers – has gathered pace…
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The Carer Issue #28 – Spring 2015
Click to read issue #28 of The Carer – Published Spring (April) 2015.
Read more...Local Care Homes Get Creative With Animation Workshops
Residents at two local care homes were able to try their hands at stop-motion animation for the first-time during a creative workshop held by the…
Read more...When I’m 64 – Why The NHS Could Have To Cope With One Million More 50 Plus People With Serious Illnesses In 10 Years
New research reveals: The number of people over 50 with a serious illness is set to increase The 60-64 age group has the highest percentage…
Read more...Failure To Pay Minimum Wage Leaves Care Workers £130m Out Of Pocket
Social care workers are losing out on £130 million a year due to pay rates that are in breach of the National Minimum Wage, according…
Read more...Over-50s ‘Will Retrain To Carry On Working In Retirement’
Nearly two-thirds of over-50s workers would consider retraining so they could work longer in retirement, research from MetLife shows. Its study found 63% of over-50s…
Read more...Residents Rate Care Homes – UK’s Largest And Most Authoritative Survey
The UK’s largest and most authoritative survey of care home residents, Your Care Rating, has today announced the results for its 2014 annual survey. The survey looks…
Read more...Care England and the RCN to Run a Joint Conference
Improving the care pathways for older people is high on the agenda for health and social care. To generate a greater understanding of how both…
Read more...NHS Heading for ‘Financial Crisis’
Commenting on the release of the latest quarterly reports on financial performance from Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority, Richard Murray, Director of Policy…
Read more...Dementia Cafe Serves Up Advice
A care home is serving up a regular helping of advice to families, friends and interested parties on the issues surrounding dementia. The initiative has…
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