Maidstone Care Home Opens Innovative Resident Facilities
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…
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Flu Costs £30bn in Sick Days Every Year, Finds New Report
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…
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LGA Responds to the Queen’s Speech
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…
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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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The Benefits Of Practising Mindfulness In Care
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…
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Carers at Colten Take Next Career Step
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…
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Care Home Provider Brighterkind Wins at Personnel Today Awards 2019
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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Care Home Residents Make Music with Revolutionary Device
A group of care home residents are helping to test a revolutionary new high tech instrument that helps disabled people make music. The device has…
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Sweyne Court Care Home Wins at National Awards
Staff members of Sweyne Court Care Home, in Rayleigh, are celebrating after winning a prestigious award at the Caring UK Awards last week. The annual…
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Care Home Residents Need their General Practitioners
Care England has criticised a GPs vote to remove home visits from their core work. The recent proposal from the Kent GP Local Medical Committee…
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When Are Covert Recordings Deemed Acceptable?
Tina Chander is a partner and head of the Employment team at leading Midlands law firm, Wright Hassall Over the last decade, the issue of…
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What Technology Can Reveal About Your Care Home and How it Can Help Ensure it Meets CQC Standards
Changes to the PIR or Provider Information Return only came into force in August, but they herald an important sea-change in the inspection process. In…
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Belong Scoops National Care Award
Not-for-profit care village operator, Belong, has won the Best Residential Care Accolade at the prestigious LaingBuisson Awards 2019, which recognise the industry’s finest examples of…
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Scientists Discover Secret of “Supercentenarians”
People that live to be 100 or even older – supercentenarians – may have a specific quirk of their immune systems to thank. That’s according…
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Hospice Dementia Service Named ‘Best Team’ In National Awards
St Cuthbert’s Hospice, Durham, has been honoured with a national award at the prestigious Dementia Care Awards at a high-profile Gala Night held earlier this…
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