More Restrictions Eased for Care Homes
From Monday 17 May care home residents will be able to have more named visitors and more opportunities to make visits out with no need
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2021 Residents at Swaffham Care Home Complete Personal Challenges for Multiple Sclerosis Trust
Residents and staff at Meadow House nursing home in Swaffham, Norfolk – which is rated as Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission – have completed
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Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Pensioners Post Letters Across the Pond
RESIDENTS at a Kilmarnock care home have signed up to a novel pen pal partnership with another older people’s residence in Kilmarnock – but this
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Do You have Any Wrens in Your Care Home or Family?
We are searching for Wrens! We are not referring to the tiny, feathered variety in the garden but the indomitable ladies who joined the Women’s
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All Staff at Encore Care Homes to Become Dementia Friends
Every member of the team at Encore Care Homes will undergo training to become a Dementia Friend. New and existing members of the team working
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Government to Launch 40,000 Person Daily Contact Testing Study
Daily coronavirus tests will be given to as many as 40,000 people who have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19,
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Government Scraps Care Home Isolation Rule for Low Risk Visits Out
Care home residents will be able to leave their home for “low risk” visits without having to self-isolate for 14 days on their return the
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Veterans Celebrate St George’s Day at Royal Star & Garter
Veterans have celebrated St George’s Day at Royal Star & Garter’s Homes in Solihull, Surbiton and High Wycombe. They enjoyed music, crafts, quizzes and delicious
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Portishead Care Home Celebrates 20th Rear Anniversary
A Portishead care home has celebrated 20 years of delivering care in the community this month with a virtual party. Staff and residents at Petersfield
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Reform of Social Care “Doomed” Unless Issues of Fragile Provider Market are Addressed
A report from the Nuffield Trust warns that years of delay to social care reform and a fragmented market has left provider services unstable and
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UK and EU Risk Act of Self-Harm Unless They Lift Vaccine Patents
UN Human Rights Commissioner and former Irish President, Mary Robinson, has called on the UK and the EU to support a waiver of intellectual property
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Cautious Welcome for Double Visits
Today’s Government announcement increasing the number of visitors care and nursing home residents can have has met with a cautious welcome from providers. Provider body
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Two Visitors Allowed in Care Homes to Reunite Loved Ones
Care home residents in England will be able to receive two visitors indoors from Monday 12 April as covid restrictions continue to be cautiously eased.
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LGA Responds to Increased Care Home Testing Announcement
Responding to the government announcement of £149 million to support the rollout of increased, rapid testing for care home staff, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of
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BMA says Decision to Delay Follow-up Dose of Pfizer Vaccine ‘Grossly Unfair’ to Thousands of At-Risk Patients
The BMA says that asking GPs to rebook appointments of tens of thousands of elderly and vulnerable patients, due to get their second dose of
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