Christmas Comes Early to Care Home with Therapy Animal Visit
Therapy pony Blossom made a festive visit to Banstead-based maritime charity, The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, to interact with residents as part of an animal…
Read more...Therapy pony Blossom made a festive visit to Banstead-based maritime charity, The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, to interact with residents as part of an animal…
Read more...An Army veteran who says it was ‘pure luck’ that he survived the Second World War has celebrated his 101st birthday. Geoff Smith spent the…
Read more...ADASS President Julie Ogley is calling on the Government to make adult social care a top domestic priority in a letter to the Prime Minister…
Read more...A group of senior care home residents – including one in her 90s – and staff from CHD Living’s White Gates Nursing Home wrapped up…
Read more...Kew House Care Home in Wimbledon has become the second Hallmark care home to receive an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the Care Quality Commission. The health…
Read more...Care home providers Sunrise Senior Living UK and Gracewell Healthcare recently organised a very exciting competition for residents to enter. Residents across Sunrise communities and…
Read more...Westhill Walking to Health group have received Dementia Friendly Walking status for their Wednesday morning one-hour Health Walk. This award from walking charity Paths for…
Read more...Ubisoft, creator and publisher of the video game, Just Dance®, has donated £60,000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK – doubling the initial fundraising target for their…
Read more...Ashley Gardens Care Centre in Maidstone has proudly opened a range of new facilities for residents, specifically designed to support people living with dementia. The…
Read more...A new report published by the International Longevity Centre UK (ILC) today finds that the flu cost better off countries £30bn in lost working days…
Read more...Responding to the Queen’s Speech announced today, Cllr James Jamieson, Chairman of the Local Government Association, said: “The Local Government Association has long called for…
Read more...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,…
Read more...In recent years mindfulness has become a hot topic, becoming increasingly popular as mental health awareness grows. The reported benefits of practicing mindfulness range from…
Read more...South coast care home operator Colten Care has seen its latest cohort of care staff pass an in-house training course to take up new clinical…
Read more...Care home provider brighterkind has won Employee Engagement of the Year award at Personnel Today Awards. The award recognises brighterkind’s efforts in employee engagement and implementing positive change…
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