104-Year-Old Relives Beloved Memories With Visit To Historic Country Home
MHA Stones Place care home resident, Kathleen Brown, has made a special birthday trip back to Lincolnshire country home, South Ormsby Hall, nearly 80 years
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£4.4bn Funding Gap Projected For Social Care In England As Spending Per Person Falls Further Behind
New analysis from the Health Foundation shows that there will be a social care funding gap of £4.4bn in England in 2023/24 to meet rising
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“More Staff Not Enough – NHS Must Also Be Best Place To Work” Says New NHS People Plan
As well as growing staff numbers, the NHS needs to rapidly become a much better place to work says the new Interim NHS People Plan,
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Dementia Friends Gather At Teesside Care Home
DEMENTIA friends gathered at Teesside care home for training to support those with the condition. Dementia champion and crime prevention officer at Cleveland Police, Peter
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Norfolk’s Chelsea Pensioner Wins Britain’s Got Talent
Chelsea Pensioner Colin Thackery has become the oldest winner of Britain’s Got Talent. As well as winning a slot performing in front of the Queen
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Care Services Across Wales Urged To Apply For New Welsh Government Funding
Sue Evans, chief executive of Social care Wales has welcomed the announcement that the Foundational Economy Challenge Fund has doubled and is urging those working in
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Virtual Reality Can Spot Navigation Problems In Early Alzheimer’s
New research from the University of Cambridge has suggested that virtual reality (VR) can identify early Alzheimer’s disease more accurately than ‘gold standard’ cognitive tests
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Carer Helps Terry, 97, Unlock Her Fascinating Family History
A staff member at a Dorset care home spent hours trawling through genealogy websites to help grant a 97-year-old’s woman’s lifelong wish to trace her
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Care Home Residents Udderly A-Moo-Sed By Special Milk Day Guest
Residents of Kingsgate care home in East Kilbride have swapped footstools for milking stools, with a special visit from Müller Milk and Ingredients’ interactive dairy
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Mental Health Network: Pleasing To See Mental Health And Learning Disability Nursing Recognised In Interim People Plan
Sean Duggan, chief executive of the Mental Health Network, which is part of the NHS Confederation, said: “We cannot provide the level of care that
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Edinburgh Researchers Receive New Funding To Tackle Alzheimer’s
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have received a £160,000 funding boost from Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity. The announcement comes
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RCH Care Homes Makes Dementia Commitment As Part Of Dementia Action Week
To mark Dementia Action Week (DAW), which ran from 20 to 26 May 2019, RCH Care Homes committed to creating 900 new Dementia Friends! As
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People Underestimating Annual Care Home Costs By £17,000
Londoners are in for the biggest shock having underestimated the cost of a nursing home by an average of £33,748 per year – that’s more
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J Tomlinson Hands Over £6.5m Luxury Care Home In Oxfordshire
The construction team at J Tomlinson has handed over a state-of-the-art £6.5m care home to developer, Hamberley Development. Based in Cumnor, Oxfordshire, 70-bed Chawley Grove
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Pupils Learn About Dementia From Care Home Staff
SCHOOL children have been learning about dementia from visiting care home staff who look after those with the condition every day. Ingleby Care Home activities
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