Care Home Creates One-Of-A-Kind Garden Designed To Evoke Past Memories
Castle Dene care home, located in Bournemouth and part of Care South, enlisted the help of the Memory Box Foundation to create a specially designed…
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Oxford Home Upcycles Used Plastic Bottles To Make More Than 100 Poppies As Part Of Remembrance Day Display
An Oxford home has been keeping residents busy by making more than 100 poppies from recycled bottles. MHA Brookfield was asking for donations of plastic…
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Chislehurst Care Home Receives Surprise Visit From Rocky The Donkey
Residents at RMBI Care Co. Home Prince George Duke of Kent Court in Chislehurst, Kent were delighted recently when Rocky the donkey came to visit….
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Slow Progress on Tackling Hospital Waiting Lists More Fairly Report Reveals
A new report from The King’s Fund finds that people from the most deprived areas in England are more likely to have long waits for…
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Remembrance Day – Please Let Us Share Your Stories
One of the great and humbling privileges we here at THE CARER are proud to partake in is publishing and sharing YOUR Remembrance Day Commemorations….
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Care Home Residents’ Memories Bring A Special Resonance To Remembrance Day
As we near Remembrance Day, residents of the Gloucestershire care charity Lilian Faithfull Care share their first-hand experiences of conflicts and serving in the forces….
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Westgate Celebrate Their Outstanding Team Members At The First Westgate Care Awards
Outstanding employees at Westgate Healthcare were recognised at a glittering awards ceremony organised in their honour. 16 team members across 8 homes had their hard…
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Women Achieving Greatness – Triple Nomination For Care Home Workers
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Ashcombe House Care Home in Worting road, Basingstoke are ecstatic because three of their hard-working colleagues have reached the final…
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One In Six Scale-Up Businesses Are In The Health And Social Work Sector Research Reveals
OakNorth Bank has published new research with the Social Market Foundation, a cross-party think tank, revealing the outsized impact of scale-up businesses on the UK…
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Call for reform to lower delayed discharge figures THE GOVERNMENT must tackle the crisis in social care to end the painful rise in delayed hospital…
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Disappointment As King’s Speech Fails To Address Social Cares “Pressing Issues”
Sector leaders and organisations have reacted with dismay after the government failed to address the pressing issues facing social care. This year’s King’s Speech, delivered…
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Eligible Non-NHS Healthcare Workers In Line For £1,655 One-Off Payment
Healthcare staff at non-NHS organisations such as charities, local authorities or social enterprises will benefit from government funding to cover the cost of their one-off…
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BMA Launches Ballot Of SAS Doctors And Re-Ballot Of Consultants In England As Pay Talks Continue
A formal ballot of specialist, associate specialist and specialty (SAS) doctors in England, and a re-ballot of consultants to extend their industrial action mandate, both…
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Brain Health In Over-50s Deteriorated More Rapidly During The Pandemic
Research supported by the NIHR’s Biomedical Research Centre in Exeter has revealed that brain health in people over 50 deteriorated more rapidly during the pandemic….
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Elderly Have A Hoot During Feathered Friends’ Flying Visit
OWLS have been lifting the spirits of elderly care home residents in Huddersfield as part of a remarkable therapy initiative. The usually solitary birds brought…
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