St Barnabas ‘Drive-Thru’ Donations A Huge Success
Thanks to the public’s generosity during the first week of the Donation Drive-Thru, St Barnabas Hospice is able to open its first few shops in Lincoln from today.
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Maritime Care Home Celebrates Unsung Heroes Of 2020 With Tales From Sea
Surrey-based maritime care home, The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, is marking the UK’s tenth annual Seafarers Awareness Week (6-12 July) with tales from the high seas from its seafaring residents and tenants.
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Research Study Into Long-Term Health Impacts Of Covid-19 Launched In The UK
One of the world’s largest comprehensive research studies into the long-term health impacts of coronavirus on hospitalised patients has been launched in the UK today, the Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has announced.
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Acts Of Kindness At Encore Care Homes For World Wellbeing Week
From ice cream vans to wellbeing webinars, Encore Care Homes delivered a thoughtful week of events in celebration of World Wellbeing Week (22-26 June), a global awareness campaign about the importance of health and wellbeing.
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Care Home Veterans Mark Armed Forces Day
Veterans in each of the charity’s Homes in Solihull, Surbiton and High Wycombe took part in the event, which was the culmination of Armed Forces Week (22-27 June).
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Call For More Support As Care Death Toll Revealed
‘Front line needs more support’ – care providers
Care providers today called on the Government to provide them with more support as the true number of coronavirus deaths and infections in care and nursing homes was revealed.
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Testing, Testing, Testing
Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has welcomed the latest announcement from the Department of Health and Social Care regarding
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Brunelcare Open Outdoor Space To Visitors
The charity is to allow one on one garden visitors between friends, family and residents
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Dementia Charity Welcomes Plan For Improved Testing In Care Homes
Alzheimer’s Research UK has welcomed news that regular coronavirus testing for residents with dementia is set to begin in care homes.
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Regular Retesting Rolled Out For Care Home Staff And Residents
Care home staff and residents in care homes for over 65s and those with dementia will receive regular coronavirus tests from next week as part of a new social care testing strategy.
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Huge Dilemma Facing Care Providers
Care and nursing homes are facing one of their toughest dilemmas since the onset of coronavirus as pressure mounts for them to open their doors.
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Women In Mid-Life More Likely To Have Alzheimer’s Brain Changes Than Men
Researchers from the US suggest that the menopause could account for women being at greater risk of dementia than men. The findings are published in the scientific journal, Neurology.
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Social Work Awards Launches Covid-19 ‘Social Work Stories’
Social Work Awards, the charity behind the annual Social Worker of the Year Awards, has launched a new initiative to support and recognise inspirational social work during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Sunrise Of Hale Barns Care Home Opens Pub In Memory Care Neighbourhood
Sunrise of Hale Barns care home has opened a bar within ‘Reminiscence’, its Memory Care Neighbourhood. This is a dedicated neighbourhood for residents living with dementia.
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Delays To Social Care Reforms Undermined Covid-19 Response Survey Reveals
Years of government indecisiveness over social care reforms have made it harder to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, according to the majority of over-45s polled during lockdown by Just Group.
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