Charity Event Explores Improving Activity in Care Homes
Care home providers across Halton and Merseyside came together at the Halton Stadium last week for a special event, exploring new ways to support care
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Call for PM to Make Social Care a New Year Resolution
A social care provider is calling on the Prime Minister to make looking after our oldest and most vulnerable top of her New Year
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Care Home Goes Around the World with Themed Evenings
Residents at a Barrhead care home have travelled across Europe, sampling the local cuisine and cultures, without even packing a suitcase. Staff at Bupa’s Norwood
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Councils respond to cuts in Public Health grants allocation
Responding to today’s written ministerial statement confirming a cut to councils’ public health grants, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, Cllr Izzi
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Care UK Celebrates its Brightest Stars
The Residential Care Services (RCS) Stars awards recognise individual and team excellence at care homes nationwide across Care UK’s RCS division. A total of 22
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Will a Salad a Day Keep Memory Problems Away? – Alzheimer’s Society comments
New research suggests that eating one or two servings per day of green, leafy vegetables may slow down the memory and thinking decline associated with
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Crieff Residents Raise £900 for Local Care Home
Generous members of the Perthshire community raised an impressive £900 for residents at HC-One care home, The Birches, during a recent bingo night. Volunteers
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Record Rise in Care Home Costs as Pensioner Incomes Stagnate
The average annual cost of a care home in Great Britain jumped by 9.6% between 2016 and 2017 – the largest increase on record and
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Care Home Residents Enjoy Celebrity Limo Experience
Residents at a specialist dementia care home in Ferndown enjoyed a taste of celebrity when they were whisked off for a tour of Sandbanks in
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Think Twice if You’re Dealing with Tricky Customers This International Day for Tolerance (Thurs 16 Nov)
South West care charity Milestones Trust offers tips for talking to people with dementia A South West care home charity is calling on people to
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Knight Frank Predicts National Crisis in Care Home Industry
– 6,600 care homes at risk of closure over the next 5 years – – Will cost £15 billion to replace closed homes – –
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LGA Responds to Cost of Care Research
Responding to research by Prestige Nursing + Care showing that the average annual cost of a care home in Great Britain has increased by 9.6%
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Finalists for Region’s Healthcare Innovation Awards Revealed
The North of England’s most promising healthcare innovators have been revealed as the shortlist for the Bright Ideas in Health Awards 2017 is announced. Now
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Desperate Plea for Funds to Tackle Health and Care Crisis Made by Coalition
A last desperate plea for additional funds to tackle the growing crisis in health and care services ahead of next month’s Budget is being made
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CQC Seeks Views on How Providers Should Pay Their Regulatory Fees in 2018/19
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) are seeking views on new proposals for how they should calculate the fees that providers of health and adult social
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