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Family denial, requests for futile medical interventions and unavailable GPs are just a few of the challenges faced by residential aged care managers looking after people dying with advanced dementia, new research has revealed.
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Specialist dementia care provider Vida Healthcare has partnered with the University of Bradford to train the social care talent of the future.
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A virtual meeting between the Minister of State for Care and industry professionals has shone a light on the impact of technology and highlighted its benefits in providing safer, more personalised
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Care homes in Wales will not be returning to the pre-covid “open house” approach after visiting restrictions were eased by the Welsh Government.
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Care staff are nearly twice as likely to turn down a Covid jab if they’ve been threatened or not given vaccination advice by their employer, according to a UNISON survey.
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RETIREES prove you are never too old to travel as they make their way across the continents sampling different cuisines and experiencing new cultures all from the comfort of their home.
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The pressure and demands of the pandemic placed on frontline workers poses a significant concern around the acute and long-term impact on their mental health. In response to this, last April, Samaritans
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Eleven of Britain’s best football writers have teamed up to create a special book that raises money for the national social care charity Community Integrated Care.
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Barchester Healthcare has been awarded a triple honour at the 2021 Best Companies Live event where the best employers in the UK were unveiled. The Best Companies awards recognise companies’
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Opera star James Kryshak, who has been working as a care assistant in the Tunbridge Wells Care Centre (TWCC) for the past year, is getting ready to hang up his uniform and return to the stage.
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Staff and residents at a Kent care home rallied together to complete 100 laps of the home’s dining area in honour of the late Captain Sir Tom Moore.
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A stellar line up of TV stars from actors to presenters to legendary broadcasters and filmmakers have come together this Dementia Action Week (17-23 May 2021) to support Alzheimer’s Society’s
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Care England, responded to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) consultation on making vaccination a condition of deployment in older adult care homes.
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Green-fingered residents at Featherton House Care Home in Deddington are tackling a project to breathe life back into an old greenhouse.
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Over 1.3 million new people have registered to use the NHS App since the addition of COVID-19 vaccine status was announced on 7 May.
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