Essential Adult Social Care Engagement Whitepaper Launches
Today the Good Governance Institute (GGI), Care England and the Homecare Association launch a whitepaper designed to explore the extent to which the adult social…
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Bournemouth Care Home Residents Send a Handmade Card to the Queen… and She Gets Back to Them!
With the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee just around the corner, residents at RMBI Care Co. Home Zetland Court, in Bournemouth, recently crafted a handmade card to…
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Jubilee Grant to Fund Art Exhibition at Essex Psychiatric Hospital
The “frightening childhood ordeal” of being a war evacuee during World War II has been captured in an artwork which is set to be showcased…
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New Toolkit Launched to Improve Dementia Care for South Asian People
People living with dementia from South Asian communities will benefit from improved culturally sensitive support, thanks to a new online toolkit launched by universities and…
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New Initiative Launched to Boost Care Worker Wellbeing
Social care heroes across Yorkshire will have a simple way to keep healthy thanks to a pilot project launched yesterday (Weds 18 May 2022). Homes…
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Runwood Homes Form Meaningful Connections Through Care Home Zoom Singalong
The new Runwood Homes’ initiative, named ‘Musical Memories Together’, aims to bring homes across the Group together, to enjoy the benefits of musical connection. The…
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One in Ten Disabled People Have Complex Disabilities
One in ten disabled people in the UK have complex disabilities. That’s according to new research, published today by the national disability charity, Sense, that…
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Bampton Care Home Wins Third Consecutive National Award for Palliative and End of Life Care
A dementia specialist care home in Bampton, Oxfordshire, has been awarded a national Gold Standards Framework (GSF) Quality Hallmark Award for its delivery of end…
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Signature Senior Lifestyle and Alzheimer’s Research UK Announce Partnership To Make Breakthroughs in Dementia Research
Signature Senior Lifestyle and Alzheimer’s Research UK have announced they will work together to raise awareness of dementia and funds to support vital research into…
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CQC Publishes Local Health Inequality Report
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) have published findings from their research into how GP practices use…
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Government Rejects Call for Integrated Recovery Plan to Tackle Backlog Caused by Pandemic
Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has criticised the Government’s rejection of a recommendation for a broad national health and care recovery plan to tackle the…
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Secretary of State Needs to Back Dementia Ambition with More Research Funding says Alzheimer’s Research UK
Alzheimer’s Research UK said the government must increase funding for dementia research if its bold approach to tackling dementia is to be successful. Sajid Javid,…
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New Research Found 40% of All Unplanned Hospital Admissions for People Living With Dementia Happened in the Last Year of Life
New research from King’s College London found that people living with dementia experience higher levels of unplanned hospitals admissions towards the end of life after…
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‘Inspirational Nurse’ Hailed by Colleagues and Residents at Signature at Elton House, Picks up Trusted Care Prize
A Clinical Services Manager at Signature at Elton House is celebrating after being awarded special recognition for her work at the luxury care home. Cristina-Amor…
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Oxford Scientist Awarded £39K Funding Boost from Leading Dementia Research Charity
Alzheimer’s Research UK has announced support for pioneering dementia research at the University of Oxford. The news comes during Dementia Action Week (16-22 May), a…
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