A new study has investigated measures used to control infection in care homes for older people.
The study involved analysing data and previous research from 2007 to 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic
Read more...There was much excitement at Cabrini House in Orpington, when the residents found out that they would have the opportunity to spend the night camping in the garden. The residents
Read more...Adding that the crisis in social services was becoming more and more acute. “Any resilience that vendors had, before Covid, has been eroded because of the fiasco around PPE and everything
Read more...The Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning became a truly ‘glittering’ occasion at 21 care homes across the south.
Read more...Staff, residents and friends of Barchester’s Southgate Beaumont Care Community in Enfield were joined by representatives from the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation for a walk in the home’s beautiful
Read more...Beatrice Shutes was treated like royalty for the day when she celebrated her 100th birthday.
Staff at Mundy House care home, in Basildon, pulled out all the stops to make sure Beatrice reaching her centenary was marked in a majestic fashion.
Read more...GPs in the Surrey Heartlands CCG have started delivering Covid-19 booster jabs to people in eligible groups in the Surrey area as the biggest and most successful vaccination programme in the history
Read more...Care providers are calling on the Government to step in and tackle the crisis in social care like it is doing over petrol and food shortages.
The Independent Care Group (ICG) says the Government
Read more...Staff and residents at Hugh Myddelton House care home in Southgate held a charity coffee morning and bake sale on 24th of September to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Read more...Famous faces from TV joined a sea of fundraisers this weekend at two of Alzheimer’s Society’s landmark Memory Walk events that took place on Sunday 26 September
Read more...Residents and staff at a care home in Colchester were overjoyed recently as they received a surprise visit from the Mayor of Colchester.
Read more...Principle Care Homes is to launch its first homes in Fleet and Chelmsford. Opening in Spring 2023, Heron Manor in Fleet will be the flagship care home for Principle, a new entrant to the sector
Read more...Six individuals have been honoured with a Royal Patron’s Award by The Abbeyfield Society.
The Royal Patron’s Awards are endorsed by HRH The Prince of Wales and awarded every year
Read more...A Worthing care home has been praised by both residents and relatives for its safe and caring environment, “family atmosphere” and “good leadership” both during and following the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more...Social care charity ENABLE Scotland is seeking to raise the basic rate of pay for its frontline workforce to £10 per hour from 1st October 2021.
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