Larchwood Care To Close Five Homes
Larchwood Care has announced the closure of five of its homes. The remaining 50 homes in its portfolio are not affected. Brookes House in Brentwood,
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Study Finds No Link Between Midlife Diet And Dementia Risk
Researchers in France studying UK civil servants have suggested that people with a healthier midlife diet are as likely to develop dementia 20 years later.
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Ombudsman Issues Good Practice Guide For Care Providers
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has issued a good practice guide which shares lessons from complaints to help adult social care providers improve
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Family History Linked To Increased Alzheimer’s Risk
Researchers in Utah have found that people who have relatives who died of Alzheimer’s are more likely to develop the disease. The findings are published
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Not Being Able To Talk To Friends About Caring Leaves One In Three Unpaid Carers Socially Isolated
One in three unpaid carers (32 per cent) looking after a loved one who is older, disabled or seriously ill has felt lonely or isolated
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Industry Reacts to Chancellors Spring Statement
The care sector has responded to the Chancellor’s announcement yesterday (March 13) of further delays to funding and reform of social care in the Spring
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400 Care Home Operators Collapse In Five Years As Cuts Bite
Over 100 care home operators collapsed in 2018, taking the total over five years to more than 400 and creating warnings that patients in homes
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Doctor Care Anywhere Event Partner Announcement
Future Healthcare Announces Doctor Care Anywhere as Event Partner Sponsor to upcoming Exhibition & Conference at Kensington Olympia Future Healthcare is delighted to announce Doctor
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Government Does A Disservice To Older People By Delaying Social Care Green Paper
The Chancellor’s Spring Statement has announced further delays to funding and reform of social care. A three-year Spending Review will now align with the Autumn Budget two
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Anchor Care Home Staff Win Top Prizes At National Awards
Two Anchor care home workers have triumphed to win accolades at the prestigious Great British Care Awards, which recognise excellence across the care sector. Katie
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Heathcotes Group Becomes Apprenticeship Ambassador
Chesterfield-based care provider, Heathcotes Group, is helping to increase local apprenticeship participation after joining the town’s Apprenticeship Ambassador Network. Apprenticeship Ambassadors are businesses and organisations
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Pets Charm Residents At Teesside Care Home
A HERD of fluffy, four-legged friends were the latest visitors to a Middlesbrough care home. Rabbits and guinea pigs hopped in to see residents at
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State Of Aging-Radical Rethink Needed
Today’s least well-off over 50s face far greater challenges than wealthier peers and are likely to die younger, become sicker earlier and fall out of
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Care Home Residents And Children Celebrate A Love Of Books
Residents at a Dorset care home joined with local schoolchildren to celebrate their shared love of stories on World Book Day Colten Care’s Newstone House
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Farm Animals Bring Smiles To Elderly Residents’ Faces
HOOVES clattered through the halls of an Ellesmere Port care home when residents were treated to an animal therapy session. Two miniature ponies, a goat
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