The Carer’s Newest Unsung Hero Is…
…Helen Miller, activities coordinator at Beechwood Care Home in Wishaw in Scotland
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Managing Health and Safety of Staff in Care Homes
By Debbie Coyne, Employment Law Senior Associate at Aaron & Partners
These unprecedented times have created new and complex challenges for care homes.
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Reading and Audiobooks May Reduce Loneliness in Care Homes
by Dr Deborah Lee, Dr Fox Online Pharmacy
Life in a care home can be very lonely. Even before COVID-19, 60% of care home residents had no regular visitors. Age UK had reported that 200,000
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Brunelcare Resident Turns 106-Years-Old
Dora Banfield, a resident at Brunelcare’s Deerhurst Care Home located in Speedwell, turned 106-years-old at the beginning of July. Dora has been a resident with Brunelcare for two-years and celebrated her milestone with an outdoor garden visit from her daughter, Mary.
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Care Providers Should Encourage Staff And Service Users To Apply To Eu Settlement Scheme
Most EU citizens need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) to ensure they are able to continue to live, work and access funding and services in the UK after 30 June 2021. EU citizens are important to care providers both as staff and clients.
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Webinar To Launch 0% VAT Campaign For Social Care
A consortium of home care providers has united to lobby the government for a change to the sector’s current VAT regime, which they say is punitive.
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Austerity ‘Ripped Resilience Out Of Health And Care Service’ Before Covid-19 Crisis Hit, Says IPPR
Austerity ‘ripped resilience out of health and care service’ before Covid-19 crisis hit, says IPPR
Underinvestment in social and community care left four in five hospitals with ‘dangerously low’ spare beds as crisis hit
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Forging Friendships At Borough Care
Many people worry that moving into a care home will mean they are lonely, but this couldn’t be further from the truth at Borough Care. Borough Care’s eleven homes for older people
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Residents At Hope House Care Home Reunited With Their Families
Residents at Hope House care home in Clayton-Le-Moors, Accrington, are overjoyed after being able to see their family face-to-face for the first time since government restrictions were eased.
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Adult Social Care Workforce Grows Again To Meet Increasing Demand
The number of people working in adult social care across has increased again to 1.52 million according to a new report by Skills for Care.
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International Hiring of Skilled Care Workers, Post-Brexit
Even in the healthiest of economies, the care sector has suffered under the weight of staffing crises. This can be attributed to a number of things, including the high cost of hiring skilled care workers
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Test And Trace Not Reaching Enough People Means We Risk A Second Peak
Responding to the latest NHS Test and Trace statistics, Dr Layla McCay, a director at the NHS Confederation, said: “I’m glad to see improvements in the proportion of people with coronavirus
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94-Year-Old Crossword Queen Completes 26 Crosswords In 26 Days For Local Charity
When 94-year-old Ann found out that local Brentwood Charity SNAP (Special Needs and Parents) was taking part in the 2.6 challenge whereby individuals complete a fun activity
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Gateshead Care Home Celebrate The Opening Of Their Haberdashery Shop
Colleagues and Residents at HC-One’s Springfield House in Gateshead recently opened their brand-new, vintage haberdashery shop in the homes Grace unit, providing a wide range of fashion items for Residents to browse and choose from.
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Most Comprehensive Flu Programme In UK’s History Rolled Out This Winter
The most comprehensive flu vaccination programme in the UK’s history has been announced by the government today (Friday 24 July).
Providers will work to vaccinate more than 30 million people during this flu season – millions more than received it last year.
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