Care Residents Celebrate Halloween with a Week of Spook-tacular Activities
HALLOWEEN celebrations are well underway at an Edinburgh care home with a dedicated activity planner designed for the occasion.
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Care Home Residents Treated to Morale-Boosting Silent Rave
Residents at a Surrey-based care home were treated to a disco with a difference this week after staff organised a ‘silent rave’ to boost health and wellbeing.
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Record 1.6 Million People Get Lifesaving Boosters Over Last Seven Days
Nearly 1.6 million booster jabs have been delivered over the past seven days, the NHS said today as the NHS Covid-19 vaccination programme continues to protect
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Budget an Alarming Neglect of Public Health, says CIEH
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has again raised serious concerns about the UK Government’s commitment to public health as the Chancellor
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Farm Animals Visit Bournemouth Care Home to Provide ‘Fur Therapy’ to Residents
A host of farmyard animals visited a care home to provide a fun, therapeutic activity for the residents to enjoy.
The special event which featured a range of small and large farm
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Priorslee House Welcome their First Resident
Priorslee House in Telford, which provides residential and residential memory care, have welcomed their first resident into the care home.
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New Information Standard Aims to Reduce Medication Errors and Improve Patient Safety
A new Information Standard has been published to support improved medication and allergy/intolerance information sharing across healthcare services in England.
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Social Distancing Reduced COVID Transmission By 84%
Social distancing rules reduced the contagion of COVID-19, reveals new research from the University of Cologne. Such rules were introduced into several countries
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Meals on Wheels Week 2021 Highlights Vital Contribution of Meals on Wheels Services in our Communities
Meals on Wheels Week returns on 1st – 5th November 2021. The award-winning national awareness event, organised by the National Association of Care Catering (NACC)
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Care Home Residents Celebrate World Opera Day
Ball gowns and arias were the order of the day at Bushey House Beaumont care home in Bushey where residents were keen to get involved in World Opera Day.
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Healthcare Assistant Daniel Delights St Fillans Residents with His Superb Singing
Daniel is a Healthcare Assistant at St Fillans Care Home in Colchester who has been delighting the people who live there with his tuneful renditions of their favourite songs.
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North Yorks Homes Star in BBC Care Documentary
Hopes that TV film sparks Govt action on care
A North Yorkshire care provider, who allowed a film crew free access to two of his homes, hopes the resulting ‘warts and all’
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“Underwhelming” Budget with “Far-Reaching Consequences” says Sector Leaders
Today’s budget announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been greeted with disappointment, and described as “underwhelming” and with “far reaching consequences”
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Considerations When Building a Care Environment Fit for Purpose
By Rishi Sodha, Care Director at Priesty Fields Care Home (https://handsale.co.uk/priestyfields)
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Thirtieth Anniversary Party Celebrates a ‘Pearl of a Care Home’
A Dorset care home chose a traditional pearl theme to celebrate its 30th anniversary in style.
Residents and team members at Colten Care’s Whitecliffe House in Blandford marked
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