A new report calls for a new framework and funding to make assistive technology ‘mainstream’ in adult social care services, including providing the infrastructure to roll this out effectively in rural areas
Read more...The staff and residents at Harleston House in Lowestoft are demonstrating the ways in which they prevent loneliness within the home, in time for International Day of Friendship on Friday 30th July.
Read more...Research presented at the 2021 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in Colorado this week shows global dementia cases are set to triple, with 152 million living with dementia by 2050
Read more...Hartford Care’s care homes have been in a festive mood, celebrating Julymas with parties and barbecues in the sunshine instead of the snow.
Read more...A pair of long-time friends who lost touch and ended up residing in the same Dartford care home without recognising one another, have had their friendship rekindled ahead of International Day
Read more...11,171 certificates of sponsorship were used for health and social care workers in the UK during the first quarter of this year. Each certificate equates to a migrant worker. At the start of 2018, there were 3,370.
Read more...Residents are a care organisation are keeping in touch with nature thanks to a dazzling dementia-friendly garden.
The vast array of thousands of varieties of flowers and plants at Pendine Park
Read more...Staff and residents from Burnside Care Home in Laurencekirk have hosted their very own sports day event to stay fit and active.
The day was organised by Activities Coordinators Ellen Francis and Shona Reid together with Maintenance Manager
Read more...Cunningham House, a dementia-friendly residential care home in Epping, has been announced as the winner of the Care Home Team Award at the South East Regional Great British Care Awards (GBCA) 2020.
Read more...Residents of the state-of-the-art Belong care village in Newcastle-under-Lyme have reflected on the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and created a record of their experiences for future generations
Read more...Runwood Homes teams, across 73 care homes in England and N.I, have been gifted, by Directors, a token of thanks for a second time since the beginning of the pandemic, for their continued hard work
Read more...A resident at a care home in Croydon has reached the age of 107.
Annie Reader, who lives at Wilhelmina House care home in Park Hill, was joined by her family, friends and staff to celebrate
Read more...At The Lawn, the Alton-based residential care home run by charity Friends of the Elderly, resident Betty Marlow had a lovely day celebrating her landmark 100th birthday. To mark this landmark day
Read more...It’s World Friendship Day on 30 July and this year Theresa McNally, Creative Practice Manager at national dementia care specialist Vida Healthcare, shares her tips on how to communicate
Read more...Staff, residents, relatives and the local community came together at Wilsmere House to enjoy a community BBQ that was held in the home’s grounds on 24th july 2021.
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