National Care Hero Award for Harrogate Carer
Aneta Ryczkowska, Care Assistant at Vida Grange Care Home in Harrogate has won a national social care hero award in recognition of her hard work….
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Signature at Camberley Team Member Celebrates 35 Years of Service In Care Home
Lisa Pickett, a highly valued member of the team at Signature at Camberley, has recently celebrated 35 years of service to countless residents in the…
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Will £500m Government Funding Solve The Adult Social Care Attraction And Retention Problem?
By Geraldine Donworth – Industry Manager: Health and Social Care – City & Guild The past 2 years have highlighted more than ever the vital…
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How Employing IPC Best Practices Can Help Smaller Care Homes Survive
By Liz Jones, Policy Director of the National Care Forum It is a legacy of COVID-19 and not necessarily a positive one. As most of…
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Managing Distrust Social Care – How Can We Shift The Dial?
By Laura Salvage, Senior Account Manager at The PHA Group (https://thephagroup.com/) Last month, Orpea, Europe’s second-largest nursing home, received widespread accusations of misconduct and mistreatment…
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Birthday to Remember for Formby’s Oldest Resident
She may have celebrated her last birthday in lockdown, but last Friday was a day to remember for Formby’s oldest resident Marjorie Hodnett who celebrated…
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42 New Alzheimer’s Risk Genes Discovered in Major Study
Researchers have found 42 new risk genes for Alzheimer’s disease. In total, the new international study identified 75 genes that were associated with an increased…
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Concerns Mount Over Scotland’s Soaring Covid Care Home Deaths
Concerns are growing as deaths due to COVID continue to rise in Scottish care homes. Statistics published last week revealed that 79 care home residents…
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Most Care Homes in SE Scotland Still Use Paper-Based Management Systems
CARE homes for older people in south-east Scotland are largely run using paper-based management systems, a new study into the sector’s digital readiness has revealed….
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Welcome for £500m Care Workforce Boost
BUT CALL FOR BETTER PAY TO HELP RECRUIT STAFF Care providers today (Tuesday) welcomed a £500m cash injection to help develop the social care workforce…
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£500 Million to Develop the Adult Social Care Workforce
People working in adult social care in England will benefit from at least £500 million from the Health and Social Care Levy to improve recruitment,…
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Care homes – An Upward Trend Despite Everything that COVID Has Thrown at the Sector
CSI Market Intelligence has published Say Hello Wave Goodbye – Care Home Openings and Closures 2021, its 7th annual report and has surprisingly shown that,…
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Lords Committee to Investigate the ‘Invisibility’ of Adult Social Care
The House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee today publishes its call for evidence, and invites the public to share their views, as part of…
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Care Employers Working Together for Ukraine
Care employers have been working together to understand how they can provide a meaningful employment opportunity for those displaced from Ukraine and other parts of…
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Rita Celebrates Her 100th Birthday with a Surprise Visit from Down Under
At Friends of the Elderly’s RNNH Care Home in Bournemouth, Dorset, one of its residents, Rita Crumplin, has been celebrating her landmark 100th Birthday which…
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