ACAS Launches New Guidance On Mental Health During Coronavirus
Workplace expert Acas has published new guidance to help staff manage their mental health at work during coronavirus.
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Yorkshire Care Home Completes 2.6k Challenge To Support Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
Throughout May, residents at Exemplar Health Care’s Castleford nursing home have been marching together by completing a daily 2.6k challenge, in support of Huntington’s Disease
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70 Million Face Masks for NHS and Care Workers Through New Industry Deal
More than 70 million face masks will be manufactured in the UK and delivered to frontline health and care workers following an agreement with a
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CPA Responds To The CQC On The Increase In Deaths Of People With A Learning Disability And Or Autism
The Care Providers Alliance (CPA) has responded to the CQ C data revealing the increase in deaths of people with learning disabilities/autism and has said
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Hard Road Ahead For Both NHS And Care
NHS England and NHS Improvement has issued an operating framework for urgent and planned services within hospitals, which sets out a series of measures to
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Gifts Filled With Love For Care Home Families
Families of residents living at a St Helens Nursing Home have been receiving gift bags filled with love and personal messages from their loved ones.
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‘Protecting Older People From Covid-19 Must Not Come At The Expense Of Their Health And Wellbeing’, Warns The British Geriatrics Society
The British Geriatrics Society has warned that the lockdown and social distancing measures, meant to protect vulnerable older people from COVID-19, have led to dangerously
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Dementia Under Lockdown: The Moving Accounts Of Those Striving To Be Heard
Moving accounts of how life under lockdown has affected people living with dementia have been penned by those living with dementia and carers The online
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Fundraiser To Run Equivalent Of 19.4 Marathons For Brunelcare In Just Five Months
Kath Embling, 30, is running a massive 510 miles for Brunelcare in just 20 weeks, 40 miles more than running from London to Scotland. The
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Adult Social Care Campaigner’s Hopes To Get Social Care Funding On The Chancellor’s Agenda
John Woodward OBE, one of the driving forces behind the introduction of childcare vouchers in 2005, is campaigning to get a similar scheme back on
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Celebri-Teas Raise Their Glasses (And Pinkies!) For Dementia UK’s Virtual Tea Party
Favourites across the world of baking, fashion, reality TV and drama come together to raise funds for Dementia UK’s Helpline during the pandemic A number
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Resident Writes Heart-Warming Poem Paying Tribute To The Head Chef And In-House Dining Team At Gracewell Of Edgbaston
Sandra Edgington moved into Gracewell of Edgbaston on the 19 March, just before the UK’s nationwide lockdown to tackle Covid-19 commenced. Sandra’s partner Tony, was
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Social Care Leader Calls For Urgent National Action Plan To Save Care Homes From Closure
A social care leader believes the true number of care home deaths from coronavirus is far higher than the official number of fatalities and highlights
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Reinbek Residents Send Special Wishes To Loved Ones
Staff at Borough Care have been helping residents and their families stay in touch in lots of different creative ways, during the current coronavirus (Covid
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Do Not Attempt Resuscitation – Too Many People With A Learning Disability Still Written Off Without A Choice
Despite clear guidance that placing Do Not Attempt Resuscitation Notices (DNARs) on an individual’s notes without consent is wrong, Learning Disability England’s survey of our
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