Surbiton Carer Celebrates 40 Years at Veterans’ Care Home
A carer has celebrated 40 years with Royal Star & Garter. Emrys Owen is the longest serving member of staff with the charity, and was…
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“Just Try and Be Active” Says Resident at Poynton Based Home Who Celebrates 100th Birthday
A resident at a Poynton based care home says the secret to a long life is staying active. Theo Eaves is a resident at MHA…
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Care Home Residents Prepare for Remembrance Day with Handmade Poppies and Wreaths
Residents at a London based care home have been using their artistic skills to produce handmade poppies and wreaths in preparation for Remembrance Day. MHA…
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Bournemouth Nursing Home Achieves Platinum Status for End-of-Life Care
Muscliff Care Home in Bournemouth has achieved a Gold Standards Framework (GSF) Quality Hallmark Platinum Award for its delivery of end-of-life care. The Award, which…
Read more...Severe Nursing Workforce Shortages Warns RCN
A new report by the RCN shows how failure by successive UK governments to tackle the nursing workforce crisis in England has created “the greatest risk to…
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Bow Residents Have the X Factor in Care Home Talent Competition
An X Factor-style contest came to a Tower Hamlets care home – with residents singing their hearts out to songs by Neil Diamond, Beyonce, Westlife…
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North East Care Boss’s Covid Contribution to be Recognised at House of Lords
Steve Massey, operations manager at North East-based Popular Care and Solehawk, has been invited to a special event at the House of Lords in recognition…
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Staff Member at Penarth Based Care Home Braves the Shave and Raises More Than £1000
A staff member at a Penarth based care home decided to get rid of her long locks and raised more than £1,000 in the process….
Read more...Call for Public to Stand Up for Social Care
A CAMPAIGNER is urging the public to mount a last-ditch plea to the Government to stop vital extra funding from being denied to social care….
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Complaints About Social Care Increasingly Due to Funding Constraints says Review
The cost of providing care has become an increasingly common theme in the complaints made to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman over the…
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Knight Frank’s Annual Care Home Awards, Recognises Four Winners and Raises £65,000 for Healthcare Charities
Knight Frank, the independent global property consultancy, hosted its annual Care Home Awards last week, recognising excellence in the sector while raising over £60,000 for…
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Full of Smiles: Hastings Care Residents Treated to an Afternoon Tea Experience at Luxury Spa Hotel
Residents at a Hastings care home were recently treated to an afternoon tea experience at a luxury spa hotel to bolster overall wellbeing — with…
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NCF Calls on Government to Tackle Deepening Workforce Crisis
The National Care Forum (NCF) is calling for urgent government intervention to tackle the deepening workforce crisis that engulfs adult social care. The call comes…
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Funding for Social Care to Solve Crisis ‘Won’t Scratch the Surface’, Warns Dementia Charity
Dementia charity Alzheimer’s Society says the size and the scale of the problem in social care is ‘immense’ and people with dementia are being let…
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Growing old Disgracefully: Scotland’s Strongest Pensioners Celebrated for Zest for Life
‘Scotland’s Strongest Pensioners’ have been awarded for ‘growing old disgracefully’ through a resident-led April Fools’ campaign that saw them prank the nation. Earlier this year,…
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