Belong Achieves Gold Standard For End-Of-Life Care
Dementia specialist Belong has earned the Quality Hallmark Award for demonstrating best practice in end of life and palliative care for its customers, following Gold…
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Mod Community Pulls Together To Fulfil Jimmy’s Dream
For Jimmy Reynolds, the dream of a lifetime has come true as the Mod recently received the welcome surprise of two dozen fellow Mods, along…
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Trip To Illuminations For Resident At Bolton Home After Nearly 50 Years Since Last Visit
A resident at a Bolton home went to see the Blackpool illuminations with her daughter, almost 50 years since her last visit. Ellen Marshall lives…
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Yorkshire Care Homes Come Together For Talent Show
The Freedom Centre in Hull hosted a spectacular talent show recently bringing together residents and staff from care homes across Yorkshire and beyond. HICA Group,…
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Section 114 Fear For Almost 1 In 5 Council Leaders After Cashless Autumn Statement
Almost one in five council leaders and chief executives in England surveyed by the Local Government Association think it is very or fairly likely that…
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Webinar Announcement!
Join us in a round-table discussion on the results of the National Care Awareness Survey, where we will provide insights into the pressing challenges and…
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Special Guest Celebrates ‘Topping Out’ At Yate’s Multi-Million-Pound New Care Home
Yate’s newest care home, set to open next year, has marked its latest construction milestone with the help of a special guest. The Care UK…
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Local MP Rishi Sunak Visits Northallerton Care Home
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak visited a Northallerton care home and helped elderly residents dress the Christmas tree. Mr Sunak, who is also the MP for Richmond…
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Care Home Group Offers 40 Staff Members ‘Namaste Care’ Training To Enhance Its Specialist Dementia Care Offering
A family run care home group has trained 40 members of staff to effectively deliver a Namaste Care Programme in a selection of its care…
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Creative Health Could Help Ailing NHS Health And Social Care Systems Report Reveals
Today, Wednesday 6 December, the National Centre for Creative Health and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing have published a major report, the Creative Health Review: How Policy…
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Combating Malnutrition in the Elderly: A Dietitian’s Perspective on Protein-Deficiency
By Zoe Cottrell, registered dietitian, member of the British Dietetic Association and registered with the Health and Care Professions Council Malnutrition among the elderly, particularly…
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Investigating and Handling Complaints
By Jenny Wilde, Partner, Acuity Law (https://acuitylaw.com) Working in the health and social care sector obviously comes with its challenges. The expectations of service users…
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Dealing with the Modern Slavery Crisis in Care Homes
By Sejal Raja, partner in the Employment Law team at national law firm Weightmans (www.weightmans.com) The number of modern slavery cases reported within the UK…
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Councils Need Support And Funding For Adult Social Care Assurance Process
Councils need support and funding for adult social care assurance process The new assurance process for council adult social care services is time and energy…
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Heart-Breaking Christmas For People With Dementia As One In Three Left Cut Off
Christmas will never be same for 65% of current carers who say dementia has “robbed” them of a carefree and joyful festive season, a new…
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