Staff And Residents At Local Care Home Among First To Receive Vaccine
Staff at Barchester’s Cheverton Lodge Care Homecare home, in Islington were delighted to be invited to have the vaccination at Cheverton Lodge Care Home
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Keeping Your Weight In Check Could Protect Your Brain From Damage
Scientists from the University of Sheffield have found that obesity is linked with poorer brain health in people with and without memory and thinking problems
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LGA Responds To Care Home Vaccination Announcement
Responding to the announcement that residents at every eligible care home with older residents in England have been offered a COVID-19 vaccine, Cllr Ian Hudspeth
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Plymouth Resident Swaps His Job As Cabin Crew For New Chapter In Care
Once flying high, Matthew Kavanagh left his cabin crew job to take on a new challenge and is now working as a support worker at Plymouth based care home, Kanner Project.
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Care Home Vaccination Achievement Should Be Celebrated, But Long Way To Go
Responding to the news that a COVID jab has now been offered at every eligible care home in England, Danny Mortimer, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said:
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NHS Confirms COVID Jab Now Offered At Every Eligible Care Home In England
Official figures later today are expected to confirm that the NHS has now offered the COVID-19 vaccine to residents at every eligible care home with older residents across England.
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Government Funding For Alzheimer’s Research Drops To Three-Year Low
Alzheimer’s Research UK says more funding is needed from government to help find life-changing treatments.
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Downton Abbey Inspires Day Of Mystery And Fun At Dorset Care Home
An art deco-themed Dorset care home turned the clock back a whole century with a Downton Abbey-inspired day of fun.
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Veterans’ Home Launches New Book Club To Mark National Storytelling Week
A new book club has been launched for people living with dementia at a Surbiton care home.
Royal Star & Garter, which provides loving
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Care Providers Hail Swift Care Vaccine Rollout
But care urged before visiting can resume
Care providers today praised the Government for the speed at which the country’s oldest and most vulnerable had received their first
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Why Competency In Fire Safety Is Imperative In The Care Sector
By Claire Wright, Head of Training at the Fire Protection Association (FPA)
The severity of fires in UK care homes has been well documented over the last decade.
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CQC Consultation Key Opportunity To Realign Regulatory Structures
Responding to the launch of the CQC’s consultation on changes aimed at making regulation more flexible and responsive, Danny Mortimer, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said:
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Cornish DJ Swaps Night Clubs For Night Shifts
Having lost his job as a nightclub DJ due to the pandemic’s shut down of the hospitality and leisure sectors, Camborne resident Samuel Barnes took a drastic change in career.
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IT Whizz Running 100 Miles For Hospice That Looked After His Grandad
Lewis Watson will be covering 6km every day to hit his 100-mile target, all in support of St Gemma’s Hospice in Leeds, who looked after his grandad Robert
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COVID Emergency Means Government Must No Longer Delay Its Promise Of Fixing Social Care
The social care system must be drastically overhauled, and the Government urgently needs to deliver on its manifesto commitment to fix the failing social care sector.
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